Side effects?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 30, 2013, at 13:49, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:

>> 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):

The portfile in the archive is not used for any purpose at this time, as far as I'm aware.