[MacPorts] #33335: Pallet doesn't work (nothing happens); no documentation

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#33335: Pallet doesn't work (nothing happens); no documentation
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 Reporter:  macports_nospam@…               |       Owner:  juanger@…           
     Type:  defect                          |      Status:  new                 
 Priority:  Normal                          |   Milestone:                      
Component:  ports                           |     Version:  2.0.3               
 Keywords:                                  |        Port:  Pallet              
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Comment(by macports_nospam@…):

 > "port list" [wiki:FAQ#portlist does not do what you think it does].

 As always, "port list" shows EVERY port, installed or not. What I needed
 was a list of INSTALLED and ACTIVE ports, without all the duplicates that
 come up with "port list installed." As noted in the wiki:FAQ, the
 preferred syntax is "port installed," but that produces ALMOST the same
 list as "port list installed." ("port installed" shows you which ports are
 active; "port list installed" displays the category of each port instead.

 As an experiment, I ran both commands. Each produced a 327-line output.
 When I manually pasted the output into an editor and removed the
 duplicates, that dropped to 187 lines. Nearly half!

 Just for fun, I just now tried "port list active". Viola! Just what I
 wanted -- the "port list installed" without the duplicates


 > Having frameworks installed in /Library/Frameworks, or libraries
 installed
 >in /usr/local/lib, causes problems for many ports; it is not feasible to
 > separately for each port include a message reminding the user of that
 fact.

 Frankly, that's just short of snide. OF COURSE you should document if a
 particular port has a conflict with something in a standard Mac
 installation. Duh. AND... are there any side effects from stripping out
 pieces of the standard Mac OS, outdated or not?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33335#comment:2>
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