#43749: Macports install: keep repeating in .profile... ------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: jul_bsd@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | ------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Replying to [comment:1 ryandesign@…]:

The code that adds to your shell startup file knows about the different shell startup files that are used by bash and tcsh and tries to pick the best one to modify. Also, it does not modify the file if the MacPorts prefix is already in your PATH. So perhaps in your case you have multiple shell startup files, and MacPorts has picked the wrong one, and it's therefore not actually getting into your environment, and therefore MacPorts keeps trying to modify the file again?

I was mistaken; this problem happened to me too when reinstalling MacPorts on one of our buildbot builders (running El Capitan). The part of the script that's supposed to detect if PATH already contains the MacPorts prefix doesn't seem to be working. I haven't checked if this is because of changes in OS X or changes in the script. The part of the script that detects MANPATH and DISPLAY seems to be working fine. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43749#comment:2> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X