Changes between Version 142 and Version 143 of FAQ

Timestamp:

Nov 14, 2015, 7:11:12 AM (8 years ago)

Author:

ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Comment:

add libraryframeworks section similar to usrlocal section

FAQ

@@ -74 +74 @@
 (For the same reasons, fink uses `/sw` as its prefix.)
 
-=== So with MacPorts under /opt/local I can use /usr/local freely? === #usrlocal
+=== Can I install software in /usr/local while using MacPorts? === #usrlocal
 
 No. Even though MacPorts is installed elsewhere, software installed in `/usr/local` can still interfere with MacPorts.
@@ -80 +80 @@
 from `/usr/local`. Good ports avoid this by explicitly specifying `--with-libfoo=/opt/local/lib/` or explicitly disabling all such possible dependencies altogether with `--disable-foo` or `--without-bar` but not all ports are able to do that.
 
-If you ask on a MacPorts mailing list about a port failing to build because it chokes on something
-that it found and picked up in `/usr/local` you will be asked to remove what you've installed in `/usr/local`
+If you ask us for help with a port failing to build because of something
+that it found in `/usr/local` you will be asked to remove what you've installed in `/usr/local`
 or to temporarily rename `/usr/local` to make it disappear entirely for the duration of the build.
 
@@ -93 +93 @@
 Note that trace mode in MacPorts 2.3.4 and earlier is not compatible with El Capitan.
 A fix has been committed in r141420 but not yet released in a stable version of MacPorts.
+
+
+=== Can I install frameworks in /Library/Frameworks while using MacPorts? === #libraryframeworks
+
+No. This can interfere with software you want to install with MacPorts, in much the same way that [#usrlocal installing software into /usr/local] can interfere. 
+If you ask us for help with a port failing to build because of something
+that it found in `/Library/Frameworks ` you will be asked to remove what you've installed in `/Library/Frameworks `
+or to temporarily rename `/Library/Frameworks ` to make it disappear entirely for the duration of the build.
+
 
 === How do I remove or uninstall MacPorts? === #uninstall