Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#22248 closed defect (invalid)
Install notes incorrect wrt .profile file
| Reported by: | jseidel@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | website | Version: | |
| Keywords: | installation documentation | Cc: | |
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Description
The installation notes for MacPorts state in the "Shell Environment" section: "A file named ~/.profile is created for the 'bash' shell...".
Actually, ~/.bash_profile was modified. It took me a while to track down the install log and see what had really happened, so I think the documentation should be updated to reflect what actually happens. It could say something like this:
"A profile entry for 'bash' has been created on your system during the MacPorts installation. If you had an existing ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile file, it has been updated; otherwise a ~/.profile file has been created. The file contains the necessary..."
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
| Component: | ports → website |
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| Milestone: | MacPorts 1.8.2 |
| Resolution: | → invalid |
| Status: | new → closed |
| Version: | 1.8.1 |
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It took me a while to figure out where you were seeing this info, but it looks like it's from a web site that we don't run.