/opt/local/macports/software

[Akim Demaille]

Hi Ryan, Hi all,

> Le 19 janv. 2015 à 11:07, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> a écrit :
> 
> On Jan 19, 2015, at 3:59 AM, Akim Demaille wrote:
>> 
>> You're talking implementation details, I'm talking feature.  And the
>> implementation is straightforward: rm -f /opt/local/macports/software/<PORT>
>> when <PORT> was activated.
> 
> It's quite a lot more than just that. You're asking for a way for the user to opt in to auto-removal of archives and opt out of the ability to use the deactivate feature. MacPorts currently relies on the deactivate feature during uninstallation, so there would be changes required there as well.

I have a question: what exactly is in the archive?  Why is that that
deactivate does not archive what was installed on the disk?  I mean,
if the archives is exactly what is deployed, then it's pure duplication,
including in an activate/deactivate scenario: one copy should be enough,
be it deployed, or compressed, no?  Maybe that would be less invasive,
I don't know.

Also, do people really use deactivate/activate offline?