New port config could make MacPorts' setup much easier

Adam Mercer ram at macports.org
Sat Feb 9 08:24:10 PST 2008


On Feb 9, 2008 7:44 AM, Rainer Müller <raimue at macports.org> wrote:

> > Q: Does DISPLAY have to be fixed by MacPorts, just because Apple missed
> > it ?
> > (I'm already setting stuff like $JAVA_HOME, $DISPLAY and $EDITOR
> > outside...)
>
> No, we do not have to fix it, but it would be nice for newbies.
> Experienced users could of course tweak these settings. I am also
> setting EDITOR myself, but that is a personal preference. DISPLAY has to
> be set for all users to the same value (:0.0), so we could fix it for them.

DISPLAY should not be set for Leopard, otherwise X won't work correctly.

Cheers

Adam


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