Problem installing gnome-doc-utils

[Simon Ruderich]

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markd at macports.org wrote:
> Simon Ruderich <simon at ruderich.com> writes:
>> I think for "normal" users there is no difference and you are right, it
>> would be better to use selfupdate. I should have used that in the mail,
>> thanks for the hint; will do next time.
> 
> Oh I wasn't meaning to say you shouldn't tell people to use 'port sync',
> it was just my way of finding out why it is used.

No apologies necessary. You are right, "port selfupdate" is much better
for normals users and I just wanted to say you convinced me and I will
use selfupdate in new mails when describing this ;-)

>> Personally I use sync because it's faster and I can be sure my port
>> command is not updated (which would cause some problems in my setup).
>> But for casual users selfupdate is indeed better.
> 
> I see.  Yeah that makes sense.
>
>> I think both should be documented (because undocumented features are not
>> so good) but the selfupdate should be marked clearly as the better thing
>> to do.
> 
> Yes I agree.  I'll put it in as the lesser used option for those that want
> it the next chance I get.  Thanks.

Thats good. Thanks too.

> Mark

Thanks for your work with the documentation,
Simon
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