> On Oct 18, 2017, at 5:31 PM, pagani laurent via macports-users > <macports-users@lists.macports.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Reading the mails on this list, I discovered the Shell mode option (sudo port > without argument) which would allow in principle to launch several commands > without repeating sudo port each time (and typing the passwd). But once in > that mode, I typed selfupdate and was exited from the the mode after > completion! Could not run upgrade outdated in the wake… In that case, what’s > the use of such a shell mode ?
Selfupdate updates port itself (base). Probably makes sense to exit current running port after such an update. Could it recognize it was in shell mode spawn new port command? I don’t know. — Brad
