Enabling a variant for an already installed port
I just enabled bash-completion for MacPorts but the already installed ports didn't have this enabled. I would like to upgrade the installed ports to enable this variant. Eventually, I would like to do this for all installed ports but I am starting with Mercurial first. I tried this: $ port variants mercurial mercurial has the variants: bash_completion: Completion support for bash universal: Build for multiple architectures zsh_completion: Install mercurial zsh completion file $ sudo port upgrade --enforce-variants mercurial +bash_completion ---> Scanning binaries for linking errors ---> No broken files found. $ port variants mercurial mercurial has the variants: bash_completion: Completion support for bash universal: Build for multiple architectures zsh_completion: Install mercurial zsh completion file It doesn't appear to have worked. There is no "+" beside bash_completion and there is no "mercurial" file in /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d. What am I doing wrong? ...Stephen
Re: Enabling a variant for an already installed port
On Jan 28, 2018, at 09:17, Stephen Rasku wrote: > I just enabled bash-completion for MacPorts but the already installed > ports didn't have this enabled. I would like to upgrade the installed > ports to enable this variant. Eventually, I would like to do this for > all installed ports but I am starting with Mercurial first. I tried > this: > >$ port variants mercurial >mercurial has the variants: > bash_completion: Completion support for bash > universal: Build for multiple architectures > zsh_completion: Install mercurial zsh completion file > >$ sudo port upgrade --enforce-variants mercurial +bash_completion >---> Scanning binaries for linking errors >---> No broken files found. > >$ port variants mercurial >mercurial has the variants: > bash_completion: Completion support for bash > universal: Build for multiple architectures > zsh_completion: Install mercurial zsh completion file > > It doesn't appear to have worked. There is no "+" beside > bash_completion and there is no "mercurial" file in > /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d. > > What am I doing wrong? From what you've described, I can only conclude that you already had mercurial installed with the +bash_completion variant. If you didn't, what you did would have worked: $ port installed mercurial The following ports are currently installed: mercurial @4.4.2_0 (active) $ sudo port upgrade --enforce-variants mercurial +bash_completion ---> Computing dependencies for mercurial ---> Fetching archive for mercurial ---> Attempting to fetch mercurial-4.4.2_0+bash_completion.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/mercurial ---> Fetching distfiles for mercurial ---> Verifying checksums for mercurial ---> Extracting mercurial ---> Applying patches to mercurial ---> Configuring mercurial ---> Building mercurial ---> Staging mercurial into destroot ---> Installing mercurial @4.4.2_0+bash_completion ---> Cleaning mercurial ---> Computing dependencies for mercurial ---> Deactivating mercurial @4.4.2_0 ---> Cleaning mercurial ---> Activating mercurial @4.4.2_0+bash_completion ---> Cleaning mercurial $ port installed mercurial The following ports are currently installed: mercurial @4.4.2_0 mercurial @4.4.2_0+bash_completion (active) Note that: * "port variants" shows you what variants are available, not what variants you have installed. It will only show a + (or -) next to variants that you have explicitly enabled (or disabled) on the command line at the time when you run "port variants", or in variants.conf. Use "port installed" to see what you have installed. * mercurial's +bash_completion variant doesn't put files in /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d. Use "port contents mercurial" to see what it installed.
Re: Enabling a variant for an already installed port
On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 7:43 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > From what you've described, I can only conclude that you already had > mercurial installed with the +bash_completion variant. If you didn't, what > you did would have worked: OK, it seems to have actually worked. $ port installed mercurial The following ports are currently installed: mercurial @4.1.3_0 mercurial @4.2_0 mercurial @4.3.1_0 mercurial @4.4.2_0+bash_completion (active) > Note that: > > * "port variants" shows you what variants are available, not what variants > you have installed. It will only show a + (or -) next to variants that you > have explicitly enabled (or disabled) on the command line at the time when > you run "port variants", or in variants.conf. Use "port installed" to see > what you have installed. Noted. > * mercurial's +bash_completion variant doesn't put files in > /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d. Use "port contents mercurial" to see what > it installed. I see that the file is actually "/opt/local/share/bash-completion/completions/mercurial". Thanks for your help. ...Stephen
Upgrading gpsd
On my weekly update cycle, "gpsd" was selected; and at the end I got: ---> Some of the ports you installed have notes: gpsd has the following notes: The xgps variant is now needed to get the xgps and xgpsspeed programs. What precisely does this mean? The manpage is not exactly clear. I tried "port install gpsd +variant:xgps" (after removing) and nothing seemed to actually happen, and "port install xgps" printed: Error: Port xgps not found So, what exactly should I be doing if I want those variants (whatever they are; I assume a GUI version)? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
Re: Upgrading gpsd
To install a variant, you would write "port install gpsd +xgps". I believe the note is saying that after this installation you will now have the xgps and xgspspeed programs: from this port gpsd, not from some other port. David On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On my weekly update cycle, "gpsd" was selected; and at the end I got: > > ---> Some of the ports you installed have notes: > gpsd has the following notes: > The xgps variant is now needed to get the xgps and xgpsspeed > programs. > > What precisely does this mean? The manpage is not exactly clear. > > I tried "port install gpsd +variant:xgps" (after removing) and nothing > seemed to actually happen, and "port install xgps" printed: > > Error: Port xgps not found > > So, what exactly should I be doing if I want those variants (whatever they > are; I assume a GUI version)? > > -- > Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will > suffer." >
