[MacPorts] #20218: 'make install' has bad instructions

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Tue Jul 7 21:30:58 PDT 2009


#20218: 'make install' has bad instructions
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 Reporter:  apbaccounts@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                   |     Version:  1.7.1                                
 Keywords:                         |        Port:                                       
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 Installing from source concludes with the message:

 Congratulations, you have successfully installed the MacPorts system. To
 get the Portfiles and update the system, run:

 sudo port -v selfupdate

 Because the installation just happened, people are unlikely to already
 have /opt/local/bin in their $PATH, and so that command fails with 'sudo:
 port: command not found'.  Maybe anyone installing from source is smart
 enough to know what to do, but why offer the command if it's not going to
 work?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20218>
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