Prompt what package to install when it is missing

[Jason Penney]

On 11/11/11 2:17 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 11/11/11 19:13, "Phil Dobbin" <phildobbin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Use port variants: `port variants foobar` will list all variants for the port
>> `foobar`
> 
> Or more usefully `port deps` will show you what the port needs to install &
> function correctly.

Neither of those options work in the case described:

$ port deps hg
Error: Port hg not found

$ port variant hg
Error: Port hg not found

I think the closest would be doing:

$ port provides /opt/local/bin/hg
/opt/local/bin/hg is provided by: mercurial

Jay

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