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

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Fri Jul 10 14:37:48 PDT 2009


#20218: 'make install' has bad instructions
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  Reporter:  apbaccounts@…          |       Owner:  snc@…           
      Type:  defect                 |      Status:  closed          
  Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:  MacPorts 1.8.0  
 Component:  base                   |     Version:  1.7.1           
Resolution:  fixed                  |    Keywords:                  
      Port:                         |  
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Description changed by ryandesign@…:

Old description:

> 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?

New description:

 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#comment:5>
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