Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of FAQ

Timestamp:

Aug 20, 2007, 12:30:30 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

nox@…

Comment:

This page is outdated and has references to DarwinPort (commiting midway for someone on IRC)

FAQ

@@ -27 +27 @@
 /opt/local \
 /Applications/MacPorts \
-/Applications/DarwinPorts \
-/Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \
+/Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \
 /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \
 /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup
@@ -56 +55 @@
 }}}
 
-=== What are the folders in `${prefix}/var/db/dports/ for and why do they take up so much space? ===
+=== What are the folders in `${prefix}/var/macports/ for and why do they take up so much space? ===
 
 `man porthier` says: "MacPorts runtime data", but it contains some more subfolders:
 
 `build`
- Is used during the building of ports, usually it contains only empty folders, does not take much space. During the building of a port there is a soft link `${prefix}/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/<category>/<port>/work` pointing to the corresponding folder here.
+ Is used during the building of ports, usually it contains only empty folders, does not take much space. During the building of a port there is a soft link `${prefix}/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/<category>/<name>/work` pointing to the corresponding folder here.
 
 `distfiles`