reasons for `port provides` not working?

[Clemens Lang]

Hi,

----- On 10 Oct, 2016, at 16:49, René J.V. Bertin rjvbertin at gmail.com wrote:

> Either way, this shouldn't have any incidence on file-to-port lookups.
> Either:
> - /opt/local/foo/bar is registered as such and a look-up of that path succeeds
> - /opt/local/foo/bar is actually /what/ever/foo/bar, registered as such, and
> thus a look-up of the resolved path succeeds.

It's debatable whether it shouldn't. It does.


> Good thing I didn't ask you specifically then...

You're asking the list, and I'm sure others may have the same impression.


> In fact, in absence of proof that my use of a symlinked $prefix explains
> everything I won't assume that that is the culprit.

Well, let me lawyer you with your own mail from 2014 then:
  https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2014-July/035965.html
Your attitude of "unless you can proof it's me, it's you" isn't helpful. I've
had enough of it.

-- 
Clemens Lang