${prefix}/var/macports/software

[Rainer Müller]

On 2009-10-17 19:47 , Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
> Question for anyone who happens to know the innards of MacPorts with  
> regards to its software directory:  is it suppose to be emptied out  
> when you have uninstalled all ports?

Yes, would say so.

> This is on a build box for me, and I have archivemode enabled and use  
> `-f uninstall` exclusively for software removal.
> 
> The software directory is a fat 2.6GB when nothing is installed.  Note  
> archives are not contained in the software folder (they're in ../ 
> packages).
> 
> Does some combination of my settings leave these files in there?  Does  
> using -f do this? Does archivemode cause them to be forgotten? Does  
> the combination break the expected behavior?

I was able to reproduce this with current trunk without archivemode even
when using regular 'port uninstall'. The image in
${prefix}/var/macports/software has been kept and was not removed as
supposed.
'port -f uninstall' shows the same behavior.

What I did:

$ ls /opt/local/var/macports/software/less/
$ sudo port install less
...
--->  Installing less @436_0
--->  Activating less @436_0
--->  Cleaning less
$ ls /opt/local/var/macports/software/less/
436_0/
$ sudo port uninstall less
--->  Deactivating less @436_0
--->  Uninstalling less @436_0
$ ls /opt/local/var/macports/software/less/
436_0/
$

Definitely a bug we need to look into.

Rainer