MacPorts 2.3.0-beta1 now available for testing

Clemens Lang cal at macports.org
Thu Mar 20 18:51:10 PDT 2014


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 05:45:31PM -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> > Since I used the tar file to install the port this caused the confusion.
> Yes, that'll be the reason. I overlooked that in your mail. I haven't
> used the method to install a port...

I'm not surprised -- it's undocumented and potentially dangerous to do
  sudo port install $some-random-url-from-the-internet
It's just as bad as
  ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL $if-you-know-what-I-mean)"

However, I noticed this was possible when I ripped out some of the
mport:// source sync code and was asked to put it back in, especially
because it can be used to install older versions from the binaries
archives we publish on packages.macports.org.

If you run
  port notes https://neverpanic.de/documents/mpstats.tar
it'll work just fine.

-- 
Clemens Lang



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