feature request: tell us where the pkg is.

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Fri Nov 25 19:54:18 PST 2011


On Nov 25, 2011, at 18:28, Roger Pack wrote:

> After running this command:
> $ port pkg dos2unix
> Warning: MacPorts running without privileges. You may be unable to
> complete certain actions (e.g. install).
> --->  Computing dependencies for dos2unix
> --->  Fetching archive for dos2unix
> --->  Unpacking tbz2 archive for dos2unix 5.1.1_0
> --->  Creating pkg for dos2unix-5.1.1
> 
> I was left knowing, comfortingly, that a .pkg file had been created.
> Feature request: tell us *where* it was created, so we can then get to it.
> ex: I think this one was here:
> /Users/rogerdpack/.macports/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_dos2unix/dos2unix/work/dos2unix-5.1.1.pkg
> 
> But I wouldn't have been able to guess that (I had anticipated it
> being put in my pwd, but I guess it isn't).

Yeah I had a bit of head-scratching about that myself the first time I created a pkg.

Feel free to file an enhancement request for this in the issue tracker.





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