try to install mysql5 + php5 + apache2

js ebgssth at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 05:45:45 PST 2008


>  > The problem is that if you do miss these messages, then you can't
>  > easily resurrect them other than installing the whole lot again.
>
>
> True-ish. Well really you only need to deactivate and active the port
>  again, since ports print such messages in the post-activate phase.
>  But users don't know that. You could also read the portfile source
>  code, but that's not really a clean solution either. Any suggestions
>  for how we could improve this situation?

How about including some instructions like this in ports and
install it in /opt/local/share/someplace?

README.macports or something like that.

>  You really have to unload the plist before upgrading the port, then
>  load the plist after upgrading.
>
>  Now that we have "port load" and "port unload" as shortcuts for "sudo
>  launchctl load" and "sudo launchctl unload", maybe port should
>  automatically unload a port before deactivating, and then, if the
>  port was previously loaded, load the port again after activating.

Cool. Will it be in the next version?


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