[22274] trunk/dports/sysutils/file/Portfile

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2007-02-24 17:08:57 -0800, source_changes at macosforge.org wrote:
> Revision: 22274
>           http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/22274
> Author:   pipping at macports.org
> Date:     2007-02-24 17:08:56 -0800 (Sat, 24 Feb 2007)
> 
> Log Message:
> -----------
>  * add prefix "g" to distinguish from /usr/bin/file

Why would users want to use /usr/bin/file once the file port is
installed? And if they really want to, why wouldn't they type
/usr/bin/file (or use an alias or whatever)?

IMHO, one of the goals of these ports is to replace the versions
provided by the system.

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