[MacPorts] #20556: Port should ask before performing time consuming or complex operations
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Tue Aug 4 19:43:47 PDT 2009
#20556: Port should ask before performing time consuming or complex operations
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Reporter: nick@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: base | Version: 1.7.1
Resolution: worksforme | Keywords:
Port: |
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Comment(by nick@…):
I see now there were 74 packages it installed (before it got the xcode
error). The original output of port was something like 800 lines --
you'll pardon me for not counting.
What made my eyes bug out was "sqlite3"; at that point I decided it was
doing something uncalled-for. If that truly is in the dependency list
then I apologize for freaking out. As I said, I've been burned before.
It still would be nice if port gave me a vague idea of why it was taking
20 minutes to install a *typing* program. If I understood what it was
doing, I would be happier watching it do it.
> Since MacPorts will install necessary dependencies for whatever you tell
> it to install, then your request would basically mean every run of port
> would need to first ask,
That's precisely what yum does ... it prints the dependency list and tells
you what it's going to download. There are other things to dislike about
yum, but that isn't one of them.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20556#comment:4>
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