#43996: symbolic links should be recorded in the registry --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: mf2k@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by egall@…): This has come up previously in comment:ticket:37853:5, but it was kind of a tangent from the base issue there... -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43996#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X

#43996: port select should record its symlinks in the registry --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: mf2k@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Description changed by mf2k@…: Old description:

Symbolic links created by port should be recorded in the registry. For example, the python_select port creates symlinks to a specific version of python and it's helper programs.

{{{ $ ls -l /opt/local/bin/python lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 24 Jan 23 15:05 /opt/local/bin/python -> /opt/local/bin/python2.7

$ port provides /opt/local/bin/python /opt/local/bin/python is not provided by a MacPorts port.

$ port contents python_select Port python_select contains: /opt/local/etc/select/python/base /opt/local/etc/select/python/none /opt/local/etc/select/python/python25-apple /opt/local/etc/select/python/python26-apple /opt/local/etc/select/python/python27-apple }}}

New description: Symbolic links created by port should be recorded in the registry. For example, the python_select port creates symlinks to a specific version of python and its helper programs. {{{ $ ls -l /opt/local/bin/python lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 24 Jan 23 15:05 /opt/local/bin/python -> /opt/local/bin/python2.7 $ port provides /opt/local/bin/python /opt/local/bin/python is not provided by a MacPorts port. $ port contents python_select Port python_select contains: /opt/local/etc/select/python/base /opt/local/etc/select/python/none /opt/local/etc/select/python/python25-apple /opt/local/etc/select/python/python26-apple /opt/local/etc/select/python/python27-apple }}} -- -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43996#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X