[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:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal        |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  base          |     Version:  1.7.1                                
Resolution:  worksforme    |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:                |  
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Comment(by nick@…):

 It's very kind of you to respond so quickly and courteously to my somewhat
 flamey message!


 >By default, Macports installs to the
  /opt/local directory, and keeps *everything* it does in that directory,

 Wow.  That sounds ... very difficult to arrange for.  Everything must need
 to be recompiled with totally different options.  Perhaps that's why it
 was installing new versions of stuff I already had (like perl) ...
 because it wanted its *own* version?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20556#comment:3>
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