On 27.7.2007, at 13.44, Michael Thon wrote:

Could someone explain to me what an inactive port is? Cheers Mike _______________________________________________

Hi, you get inactive ports after upgrades automatically, they (the old versions) are installed, they exist, but they are not active, as they are not in use. Using 'port deactivate' one can make ports inactive deliberately. NB! If you want to see, what ports are inactive, use 'port echo inactive', 'port list inactive' produces confusing results. ! ! Jyrki Wahlstedt ! http://www.wahlstedt.fi/jyrki/ ! ! Our life is no dream; but it ought to become one and perhaps will. ! PGP key ID: 0x139CC386 fingerprint: F355 B46F 026C B8C1 89C0 A780 6366 EFD9 139C C386

Thanks Jyrki - Where do they exist exactly? They cannot occupy the same space as the active port. Are they moved to another directory tree or placed into a tarball? I'm just curious how this system works. Another question is why keep these inactive ports around in the first place? Are they useful for something besides backing out of an upgrade? On Jul 27, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Jyrki Wahlstedt wrote:

On 27.7.2007, at 13.44, Michael Thon wrote:

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Could someone explain to me what an inactive port is? Cheers Mike _______________________________________________

Hi, you get inactive ports after upgrades automatically, they (the old versions) are installed, they exist, but they are not active, as they are not in use. Using 'port deactivate' one can make ports inactive deliberately. NB! If you want to see, what ports are inactive, use 'port echo inactive', 'port list inactive' produces confusing results.

! ! Jyrki Wahlstedt ! http://www.wahlstedt.fi/jyrki/ ! ! Our life is no dream; but it ought to become one and perhaps will. ! PGP key ID: 0x139CC386 fingerprint: F355 B46F 026C B8C1 89C0 A780 6366 EFD9 139C C386

Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign@macports.org> writes:

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This may help to explain why unactivated ports exist.

http://geeklair.net/new_macports_guide/#id975763

So MacPorts does not assume you'll never want to use a deactivated port, even if most people never will.

There does not appear to be any id975763 anchor or id on that page so that just shows me the top of the guide.

The link seems to have changed. http://geeklair.net/new_macports_guide/#id934418 Markmacp