Execution of shell instruction in Portfile

Marko Käning MK-MacPorts at techno.ms
Sun Oct 2 14:01:52 PDT 2011


> On Oct 2, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
>>> ui_msg
>> I'd recommend using `notes` instead of ui_msg, allowing the user to view the message at any time through `port notes foo`

But the ui_msg is shown directly during installation, whereas the notes have to be actively asked for by the user using "port notes foo".
So, in such a case it might be even better to use a combination of both?


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