[MacPorts] #37853: RFE: "port provides" should return a different message when used on files provided by base

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#37853: RFE: "port provides" should return a different message when used on files
provided by base
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  Reporter:  egall@…      |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  base         |    Version:  2.1.2
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 I've thought it would be neat if MacPorts base were encapsulated within
 the MacPorts port. Installing MacPorts for the first time would leave you
 with the MacPorts port already installed. "{{{port contents MacPorts}}}"
 would show everything installed by base, and "{{{port provides `which
 port`}}}" would then say "MacPorts". Upgrading MacPorts would then not be
 "{{{sudo port selfupdate}}}" but "{{{sudo port upgrade MacPorts}}}". And
 uninstalling MacPorts would be as easy as "{{{sudo port uninstall
 MacPorts}}}" though maybe we should have an extra safeguard on that (like
 ensuring that no other ports are installed).

 But currently that's not how it works, and currently users are not meant
 to install the MacPorts port; it's just used by us to prepare new releases
 of MacPorts for distribution.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37853#comment:2>
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