On Mar 6, 2008, at 9:12 PM, skip@pobox.com wrote:
% sudo port install py25-matplotlib +gtk ... I asked for the gtk variant. Why was the tkinter variant installed?
Chris> py25-matplotlib does not provide a variant gtk (it provides a Chris> variant gtk2) and +tkinter is the default if no other variant is Chris> specified.
Yet, amazingly, it didn't complain.
That's by design, one reason why is so that you can set variants that you always want selected (say +no_x11 or +ipv6) in your macports.conf file and it won't cause install failures for ports that don't have that variant defined. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke@geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+