*_select's

Rainer Müller raimue at macports.org
Mon Dec 1 02:08:12 PST 2008


Bryan Blackburn wrote:
[...]
> it would just be
> 
> $ select python 2.5
> $ select gcc mp-4.3
> 
> The ${prefix}/etc/select stuff is already subdivided by system like this, so
> it should be a pretty natural change, though the arguments will obviously be
> a bit different.

Best would be to add select stuff to base like 'port select'. All other
functionality of MacPorts is called from the port tool and we should
stick to this.
*_select tools were just a quick workaround to make it usable until this
is available in base. Also, using a base tool it can be more automated,
for example de-select a version if its port is deactivated/uninstalled.

Rainer


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