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[tome at qx.net]

Thanks!!!  I thought Macports went and got the portfile when one did  
an install.  Did not realize that all the portfiles are here all the  
time.  Every little bit hurts.  Again, thanks to everyone!!!

On Aug 9, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Scott Webster wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:53 AM,  <tome at qx.net> wrote:
>> On ticket 25926 the suggestion was to edit the portfile.  Not  
>> having the
>> portfile on my machine I had to attempt the install again and then  
>> after it
>> failed find the portfile and edit it as suggested.  Was there a  
>> way I could
>> have gotten the portfile for edit, without having to wait for the  
>> failure,
>> and then continue the install with the edited portfile?
>>
>
> "port cat portname" shows you the portfile for portname
>
> "port dir portname" shows you the directory on your system where the
> file resides.  You don't need to have the port installed.
>
> Scott