Specifying multiple executable arguments using startupitems

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jun 14, 2020, at 12:04, Steven Smith wrote:

> Widespread practice is to code around it and edit the launchd .plist’s in the post-activate block. You can use tcl’s reinplace or sh’s plutil as necessary to edit the .plists.
> 
> Example Portfiles that do this extensively:
> 
> • https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/net/calendar-contacts-server/Portfile
> • https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/sysutils/clamav-server/Portfile
> • https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/mail/mail-server/Portfile

I would like to strongly discourage the use of such hacks. If startupitem support in MacPorts base is not sufficient to express what we need, it should be enhanced.