port variants

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 30, 2008, at 3:39 PM, Charles darwin wrote:

> $ port variant foo
> foo has the variants:
>         *
>         darwin_*
>
> What does it mean to install port foo +darwin_[6-9] as opposed to  
> simply port foo? i.e.
>
> $ sudo port install foo
> #vs.
> $sudo port install foo +darwin_*

The darwin_*, i386, powerpc and macosx variants are all auto-selected  
for you based on your computer's OS and processor architecture. You  
do not need to (and should not) select these variants manually. I'd  
be in favor of not printing them in the "port variants" commands at  
all, but for now, they are shown there. Just ignore them. MacPorts  
will do the right thing automatically.