[MacPorts] #20556: Port should ask before performing time consuming or complex operations

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#20556: Port should ask  before performing time consuming or complex operations
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 Reporter:  nick@…        |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal        |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports         |     Version:  1.7.1                                
 Keywords:                |        Port:                                       
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Comment(by singingwolfboy@…):

 First, your request: yes, in fact, there is a very easy way to remove port
 and undoing everything it did. By default, Macports installs to the
 /opt/local directory, and keeps *everything* it does in that directory,
 including installed software. You should be able to just do a `$ rm -rf
 /opt/` and everything should be back to the way it was before you
 installed Macports.

 Second, the underlying principle. I definitely agree with you that port
 should ask permission by default before installing anything, the way yum
 does. Unfortunately, I am fairly new to the Macports community, and I have
 no idea how to go about doing that. :(

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20556#comment:1>
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