Prevent MacPorts editing .bash_profile over and over again...

[Craig Treleaven]

AIUI, the following script is run to set up the user’s environment after the installer copies in all the payload files:

https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/master/portmgr/dmg/postflight.in#L90

Craig

> On Jan 29, 2017, at 9:13 AM, Barry <barry at barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
> 
> I have been using the .pkg to reinstall MacPorts. I guess that does not check.
> 
> Barry
> 
> Barry
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> 
>> On 29 Jan 2017, at 02:52, Daniel J. Luke <dluke at geeklair.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I think only the pkg installers do that - and they're supposed to not edit the $PATH if $prefix is already in there.
>> 
>> (ie if you upgrade using `port selfupdate` I don't think you have that problem).
>> 
>> Or am I mistaken?
>> 
>>>> On Jan 28, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Barry <barry at barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
>>>> On 28 Jan 2017, at 16:37, Christopher Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> It would be better yet if whatever it is that does this first checks to see in the path it is about to add is already in the users PATH, and does not add it again if already there…
>>> 
>>> That would be an improvement.
>>> 
>>> I would also like a way to say never edit my .bash_profile.
>>> Maybe a comment line specially formated.
>>> 
>>> # MacPorts: no-edit-path
>>> 
>>> Barry
>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Jan 2017, at 4:31 pm, Barry Scott <barry at barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I want to be able to stop MacPorts Installation from editing my .bash_profile.
>>>>> As it happens I already set all the env var that are needed my self.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a “do-not-edit-bash-profile” settings somewhere?
>>>>> 
>>>>> So far I have 3 sets of the settings in the same file.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Barry
>> 
>> -- 
>> Daniel J. Luke
>> 
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