#14540: Document -devel ports ---------------------------+--------------------- Reporter: ryandesign@… | Owner: markd@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: guide | Version: 1.6.0 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | ---------------------------+--------------------- Comment (by egall@…): Added an entry in the FAQ on the wiki about this: [wiki:FAQ?action=diff&version=129 version 129] Although that only addresses this point from the OP:

- -devel ports install software in the same places as their non-devel counterparts, so that -devel ports can satisfy a dependency via the same files as the equivalent non-devel port, with the side-effect that you cannot have both the -devel and the non-devel port activated at the same time

So I suppose it could be updated to address the rest, as well... -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/14540#comment:7> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X