Side effects?

[Jeremy Lavergne]

> That is exactly what I am thinking of; such actions are present as scripts in the archive, are they not?  I'm thinking that they can be inspected before installing.

I know a copy of the portfile is kept in the registry and it is actually used for deactivate/uninstall.

The copy in the archive is one of the metadata files (whether used or not I'm not sure):
+COMMENT
+CONTENTS
+DESC
+PORTFILE
+STATE