port install but not activate

Bradley Giesbrecht pixilla at macports.org
Wed Jun 15 09:02:25 PDT 2011


Is there a port command to install but not activate a port?

Take postfix as an example.
Upgrading from one version to another can introduce conf file changes. There are utilities to test and upgrade conf files.

One option is to destroot the port and work with the utilities out of destroot.


Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)






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