[24832] trunk/base/src/port/port.tcl

[James Berry]

Hi Randall,

On May 5, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Randall Wood wrote:

>
> On 5 May 2007, at 20:41, source_changes at macosforge.org wrote:
>
>> Revision 24832 Author jberry at macports.org Date 2007-05-05 17:41:51  
>> -0700 (Sat, 05 May 2007) Log MessageStore readline history in  
>> ~/.macports/.history instead of ~/.port_history
>
> Why ~/.macports/.history and not ~/.macports/history (why a .file  
> in a .dir)?

Well, my reasoning may have been a bit lame, but it seemed like since  
it's not normally a file anybody wants to read (while there are other  
files in ~/.macports that they do) that it was just as well to keep  
it hidden and out of the way.

> And while I'm asking why not use ~/Library/Application Support/ 
> Macports instead of ~/.macports? Isn't it the Apple way to use the  
> Library instead of .dirs?

Very good question. I'd be happy to hear feedback from other  
developers. I'd happy with either.

>> Modified Paths
>> trunk/base/src/port/port.tcl
>> Diff
>> Modified: trunk/base/src/port/port.tcl (24831 => 24832) --- trunk/ 
>> base/src/port/port.tcl	2007-05-06 00:35:02 UTC (rev 24831) +++  
>> trunk/base/src/port/port.tcl	2007-05-06 00:41:51 UTC (rev 24832)  
>> @@ -2434,13 +2434,14 @@ proc process_command_file { in } { global  
>> current_portdir +	global darwinports::autoconf::macports_user_dir  
>> # Initialize readline set isstdin [string match $in "stdin"] set  
>> name "port" set use_readline [expr $isstdin && [readline init  
>> $name]] -	set history_file [file normalize "~/.${name}_history"]  
>> -	 +	set history_file [file normalize "$ 
>> {macports_user_dir}/.history"] + # Read readline history if  
>> {$use_readline} { rl_history read $history_file
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> Randall Wood
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