Execution of shell instruction in Portfile

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Sun Oct 2 14:35:00 PDT 2011


On 2011-10-3 08:01 , Marko Käning wrote:
>> 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".

Notes are displayed in the activate phase.

- Josh


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