[MacPorts] howto/RunningTrunk modified

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Sun Oct 12 13:43:05 PDT 2008


Changed page "howto/RunningTrunk" by jmr at macports.org from 210.1.195.40*
Page URL: <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/RunningTrunk>
Diff URL: <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/RunningTrunk?action=diff&version=8>
Revision 8
Comment: sundry corrections

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--- howto/RunningTrunk (version: 7)
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 }}}
 This will create {{{/opt/mports/trunk}}} containing everything needed for MacPorts.
 
+Note: You only really need the base subdirectory, so you can avoid checking out the rest if you don't want to use a subversion-based ports tree (see Step 3 below).
+
 === Step 2: '''Build and Install MacPorts''' ===
 
 Build and install MacPorts:
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 == Configuration ==
 
-=== Step 3: '''Configure MacPorts to use port information from subversion''' ===
+=== Step 3 (Optional): '''Configure MacPorts to use port information from subversion''' ===
+
+This step is useful if you want to do port development.
 
 Open {{{/opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf}}} in a text editor.  The last line which should look like this:
 {{{
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@
 {{{
 svn update /opt/mports/trunk
 }}}
-You should not use {{{selfupdate}}} anymore because it would downgrade you to the latest released version of MacPorts. Instead you should {{{svn update}}} as above and then repeat the steps listed in step 2 above.
+You will not find {{{selfupdate}}} useful anymore because it will always see that you have a version newer than the latest released version of MacPorts, and will not update your base code. Instead you should {{{svn update}}} as above and then repeat the steps listed in step 2 above.
 
 == Using MacPorts ==
 At this point, most things should work like they do for anyone else; you will encounter some newer functionality that hasn't found its way to a release yet, and occasionally a bug.  If so, be sure to [http://trac.macports.org/newticket report the bug] when it happens.

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