myports.txt vs requested.txt

[Chris Jones]

On 26/10/18 02:18, Michael Newman via macports-users wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 25, 2018, at 19:00, macports-users-request at lists.macports.org 
>> <mailto:macports-users-request at lists.macports.org> wrote:
>>
>>> It doesn’t include many ports that are in myports.txt, such as curl, 
>>> wget, and dnsmasq, all of which I know I specifically requested.
>>>
>>> Why is that?
>>
>> I guess MacPorts doesn't think you specifically requested them. A port 
>> is marked as requested if you "sudo port install" it when it is not 
>> installed, or "sudo port setrequested" it when it is installed.
> 
> So, just an unexplainable glitch, then?

Impossible to say without more information but probably not. The system 
was most like working as expected and neither of the two requirements 
above where satisfied when you requested them to be installed.