12 Mar
2008
12 Mar
'08
8:56 p.m.
On Mar 12, 2008, at 14:31, Thomas Condon wrote:
I think that the machine locked up after the port finished running, but before I got around to readying what was on the screen. So after re-boot I found it installed and active (according to the port command), but that apparently does not mean it is running. Curious difference, that.
"active" means a port is installed and ready for you to use. Most ports don't have daemon processes that stay running. Those that do provide launchd plists, which you can use launchctl to start and stop as desired.