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

[Elias Pipping]

assuming you already have the port, updated. compare the output of

     /opt/local/bin/gfile /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/ 
libncurses.5.4.dylib

and

     /usr/bin/file /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/libncurses. 
5.4.dylib

that should answer your question.


also noone prevents the user from creating "alias file=gfile".


Regards,

Elias Pipping


On Feb 25, 2007, at 4:25 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> 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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