On 9/15/07, Daniel Oberhoff <daniel@danieloberhoff.de> wrote:
Hi,

I like using macports to get some stuff with lots of dependencies
installed. I wonder though why it is neccessary for example to
rebuild native tools such as python and perl. Because it tends to
cause quite a bit of confusion to have several of those around
including severel "site" folders created etc.. Now wouldn't it be
possible to have proxy packages such as fink has? I.e. python24-
native? It could then be an option. Dunno if macports can handle
options like that, but it woul shure be nice.

Interesting idea so long as the versions stay in sync. 

But the real hit is in the initial compilation of those packages/ports. Disk space is not a big deal anymore, is it? 
port installed | wc -l
323
du -sh /opt/local
3.4G    /opt/local

Any porters have any input on this? What breakage might result, if any? 

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