<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">On Feb 12, 2010, at 4:44 AM, Arno Hautala <<a href="mailto:arno@alum.wpi.edu">arno@alum.wpi.edu</a>> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 07:39, Taka Fukuda <<a href="mailto:fukuda@computer.org" x-apple-data-detectors="true"><a href="mailto:fukuda@computer.org">fukuda@computer.org</a></a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Could someone give me advice on how to access the latest list?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>When was the last time that you ran "port selfupdate" ?</span></blockquote><br><div></div><div>I've been wondering this for a while. Could a selfupdate version file be kept on a few mirrors? Then with a little checking code, MacPorts could run a pre selfupdate check prior to any users "port" command. </div><div><br></div><div>Your port tree/version is out of date, you may want to run "port selfupdate'". </div><div><br></div><div>Probably exit at that point and set a local file that determines the ignore state of that question. This way, the next run is not interfered with if they chose to not update for whatever reasons. </div><div><br></div><div>I know this leans on interactive, which MacPorts appears to avoid, but with some thought, it could be a gentle reminder to be up to date. MacPorts is one of the few softwares I keep up to date at all times, ignoring my "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mantra I apply to desktop apps, and usually the entire Mamp stack. </div><div><br></div><div>Though I've been a lot more brave with Mamp since I started using MacPorts. Other than a few misplaced files, directories, includes, and sockets, it's all an amazingly smooth process.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll jinx myself, but until MacPorts I was never able to bump php on a live server and have the only downtime amount to the time it takes graceful to do it's thing. I do test locally first before hitting up production though, not that brave :)</div><div><br></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.289062); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.222656); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.222656); ">-- </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div>Scott</div>(Sent from a mobile device)</span></body></html>