[132716] trunk/base/doc/port-select.1.txt

[cal at macports.org]

Revision: 132716
          https://trac.macports.org/changeset/132716
Author:   cal at macports.org
Date:     2015-02-08 10:29:54 -0800 (Sun, 08 Feb 2015)
Log Message:
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base: doc/port-select.1.txt: Add paragraph explaining that port select doesn't affect the compiler MacPorts uses

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    trunk/base/doc/port-select.1.txt

Modified: trunk/base/doc/port-select.1.txt
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--- trunk/base/doc/port-select.1.txt	2015-02-08 18:13:16 UTC (rev 132715)
+++ trunk/base/doc/port-select.1.txt	2015-02-08 18:29:54 UTC (rev 132716)
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
 or implementation, e.g. the one to be run by default when you do not explicitly
 select a version or implementation on the command line.
 
+Note that *port select* is only for your convenience as user. It does not, for
+example, affect which compiler MacPorts uses when it compiles software, or
+against which copy of MySQL a port builds. If there is a user-visible choice, it
+is usually offered as a variant on the port. If the *port select* mechanism
+affects how a port builds, that should be considered a bug.
+
 One example is the set of MySQL and forks of MySQL, where there are mysql51,
 mysql55, mysql56, mariadb, mariadb-10.0, mariadb-11.0, percona, possibly among
 others. *port select* lets you choose which of these becomes the version run,
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