Is there a command like "port clean", but which just reverses the effect
of "port destroot" but does not reverse the effect of "port build"?
I am developing a portfile, and I'm at the stage where I debug the
destroot and post-destroot activities. I want a way to be able to change
the Portfile and retry "port destroot", without having to do the
configure and build phases over again.
Here is what has not worked:
1. Edit Portfile, then command "sudo port destroot myport". MacPorts
notices that the Portfile has changed, does a "port clean", and then
redoes the configure and build phases unnecessarily.
2. Edit Portfile, then command "sudo port -o destroot myport". MacPorts
disregards the change to the Portfile, but also thinks that the
destroot is complete, so does nothing.
3. Delete $(port work myport)/destroot/ dir, then command "sudo port
destroot myport". MacPorts appears not to notice that the destroot/
dir is gone.
4. Edit Portfile, then command "sudo port clean --archive myport", then
command "sudo port -o destroot myport". Same MacPorts behaviour as
without the "port clean --archive".
Is there a way to avoid the tedium of unnecessary configure and build
phases?
Best regards,
—Jim DeLaHunt
