How to keep .c files from devel install for debugging?

[Joshua Root]

On 2010-7-30 03:34 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Jul 29, 2010, at 10:47, William Knight wrote:
> 
>> I've successfully installed glib2-devel with macports. When I do 'port
>> contents glib2-devel', it only shows the header files though. I want
>> to be able to step through the glib2 source code in a debugger so how
>> do I retain the .c files that were used in building the port?
> 
> MacPorts does not install the source files anywhere; they are unpacked in the directory identified by the command "port work portname" before installation and deleted after successful installation. If you want to keep them after a successful installation, edit macports.conf and change the line
> 
> #portautoclean		yes
> 
> to
> 
> portautoclean		no

Be aware of the consequences of doing this. You'll have to explicitly
clean first if you ever want to install a previously installed port with
different variants, for example.

- Josh