There is documentation for port command flags in the online manual pages:
man port
also in Chapter 3 of the MacPorts Guide with examplese
https://guide.macports.org/chunked/using.html
Hope that helps.
> On Nov 14, 2022, at 04:14, Lukas Oberhuber <luk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering where the port command flags are documented. For example, I'm
> trying to uninstall a port in a script, but when two versions of the port are
> installed, it interactively asks which I want to uninstall.
>
> The following versions of gimp3 are currently installed:
> 1) gimp3 @2.99.14_0+debugoptimized+quartz+vala
> 2) gimp3 @2.99.13_1+debugoptimized+quartz+vala (active)
> Enter option(s) [1-2/all]:
>
> This kills my script. What I can't tell is if port -N uninstall gimp3 exists,
> or if that is only for port install.
>
> And before you say: "try it", it's on a ci system so a little harder to try,
> and really, I want a way to understand all the available flags.
>
> And finally, there is no error message when a flag is used in the wrong
> place, so that makes trial and error even harder. Example port install -N
> gimp3 does not apply the flag but doesn't error.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Lukas
