Change History for FAQ

Version Date Author Comment
203 5 days jmroot (Joshua Root) rephrase security section
202 4 months markemer (Mark Anderson)
201 19 months markemer (Mark Anderson)
200 19 months jmroot (Joshua Root) improve prerelease section
199 2 years tsabirgaliev (Tair Sabirgaliev) use build_arch to checksum alternative architecture binary distfiles
198 2 years samulip (Samuli P) Add section about information security
197 2 years markemer (Mark Anderson) Updated my(Mark's) beta status
196 3 years markemer (Mark Anderson) Updated my beta check status
195 4 years jmroot (Joshua Root) Better anchor for implicit function declaration entry
194 4 years JDLH (Jim DeLaHunt) +section Why am I getting a message, "Warning… indications of …
193 4 years harens (Haren S) As of version 0.45.4, fink's default prefix is /opt/sw for macOS 10.14+
192 4 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
191 4 years cjones051073 (Chris Jones)
190 5 years markemer (Mark Anderson)
189 5 years Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)
188 5 years jmroot (Joshua Root) add to from-source answer
187 5 years jmroot (Joshua Root) add anchor
186 5 years jmroot (Joshua Root) add FAQ about source vs binary installation
185 5 years jmroot (Joshua Root) slightly rephrase universal answer
184 5 years mf2k (Frank Schima) Remove reference to long broken Pallet port.
183 5 years jmroot (Joshua Root) further explain difficulty of fixing /usr/local issue
182 5 years jmroot (Joshua Root) update universal answer to mention Apple Silicon
181 5 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Update a "Why Tcl?" link
180 6 years chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez) PortAuthority is now donationware.
179 6 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Reword and reformat prerelease section and add myself to the list
178 6 years markemer (Mark Anderson)
177 6 years markemer (Mark Anderson)
176 6 years Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)
175 6 years Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)
174 6 years saagarjha (Saagar Jha) Add myself as disclosed on Big Sur and the DTK.
173 6 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Fix formatting
172 6 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Expand prerelease section to include Xcode
171 6 years neverpanic (Clemens Lang) switch to the non-chunked guide edition, since the chunked one seems …
170 6 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
169 7 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Remove me from beta testers
168 7 years grimreaper (Eitan Adler) remove myself: Mojave is out of beta
167 7 years cjones051073 (Chris Jones)
166 7 years markemer (Mark Anderson)
165 7 years markemer (Mark Anderson) Added myself as being on 10.15
164 8 years grimreaper (Eitan Adler) add myself
163 8 years cjones051073 (Chris Jones)
162 8 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) add me to Mojave public beta testers
161 8 years cjones051073 (Chris Jones)
160 8 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) update prerelease macOS to Mojave
159 8 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Fix link to GitHubMigration
158 8 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
157 8 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
156 8 years jmroot (Joshua Root) update port-depgraph link
155 8 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Remove old note about trace mode incompatibility with El Capitan.
154 8 years l2dy (Zero King)
153 8 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
152 8 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Remove python build failure from FAQ, a 12 year old problem (#4881)
151 8 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Remove old FAQ about the 'cd' command in Portfiles. Nobody asks for …
150 8 years jmroot (Joshua Root) update JPortsUI URL
149 9 years neverpanic (Clemens Lang) The trace mode SIP-compatibility is released
148 9 years jmroot (Joshua Root) replace broken ML links with wayback machine versions
147 9 years neverpanic (Clemens Lang) Fix #selfupdatefails now that Apple no longer hosts our main mirror; …
146 10 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) make myself available for macOS Sierra beta bug reports
145 10 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) update prerelease macOS section
144 10 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) add info about not discussing prerelease versions of macOS
143 10 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) add libraryframeworks section similar to usrlocal section
142 10 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) minor edits to /usr/local section including adding a note to that …
141 11 years Ionic (Mihai Moldovan) Add sbcl to known trace-mode-broken ports.
140 11 years Ionic (Mihai Moldovan) Typo fixes
139 11 years dixiao@…
138 11 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
137 12 years neverpanic (Clemens Lang) Extend #usrlocal by the possible use of trace mode
136 12 years neverpanic (Clemens Lang) Mark #missingxcode and #migration fixed in 2.3.0
135 12 years neverpanic (Clemens Lang) Mention trace mode in #buildfails, clean up and streamline, provide a …
134 12 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) remove upgradexcode section; the guide contains all one needs to know …
133 12 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) add "ld: library not found for -lcrt1.10.6.o" to missingxcode section
132 12 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Update missingxcode answer to link to top of Xcode installation …
131 12 years cooljeanius (Eric Gallager) edit new libcpp section for clarity and a typo
130 12 years geekosaur generalization of a macports-users response explaining the new rather …
129 12 years cooljeanius (Eric Gallager) Add question and answer about -devel packages
128 13 years cooljeanius (Eric Gallager) Add jkh mailing list post to "Why Tcl?" section, re-word passive voice
127 13 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) link to instructions for how to install the command line tools with …
126 13 years larryv (Lawrence Velázquez) use the -W flag to change dirs with system
125 13 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
124 13 years jmroot (Joshua Root) add JPortsUI link
123 14 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) minor edits
122 14 years janstary (Jan Starý) /opt/local vs /usr/local as discussed on macports-users
121 14 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
120 14 years neverpanic (Clemens Lang) document $prefix/var/macports/registry
119 14 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) mention subports in dependonvariant section
118 14 years jmroot (Joshua Root) bring back the point that the RANDR warning is usually harmless
117 15 years jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
116 15 years jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)
115 15 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
114 15 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
113 15 years rogerdpack@… link to misbehaving servers
112 15 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
111 15 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
110 15 years jmroot (Joshua Root)
109 15 years raimue (Rainer Müller) port clean --dist is fine as it actually cleans the work dir
108 15 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Make sure fetch will be run again by using port clean --all
107 15 years jmroot (Joshua Root) recommend 'clean --dist' to remove distfiles
106 15 years dbevans (David B. Evans)
105 15 years jmroot (Joshua Root) update universal section
104 15 years jmroot (Joshua Root) update Xcode upgrading info
103 15 years jmroot (Joshua Root) fix sentence about HOWTOs to make sense
102 15 years jmroot (Joshua Root) update all dependencies answer
101 15 years jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia) Update the state of RANDR
100 15 years jmroot (Joshua Root) recommend cleaning failed ports after selfupdate
99 16 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) add "port outdated" to possible alternatives for "port list"
98 16 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
97 16 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) overhail explanation of how "port list" works
96 16 years raimue (Rainer Müller) As readline ins now integrated in python{2.5,2.6} this is no longer …
95 16 years wsiegrist@… add question about recursive dependency list
94 16 years tempelmann@… added info on where docs for build_arch can be found
93 16 years jmroot (Joshua Root) update tense of cd section
92 16 years jmroot (Joshua Root) fix config file path and typos under #diskspace
91 16 years jmroot (Joshua Root) Link to the Guide's uninstall section rather than duplicate content
90 16 years jmroot (Joshua Root) alternate missing XCode error message
89 16 years jmroot (Joshua Root) checksum mismatch ticket requirements
88 16 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) add missing RANDR message section
87 16 years blb@… Warnings about using build_arch
86 16 years blb@… Explicitly note to use the browser to search
85 16 years blb@… Update GUI section for GSoC-updated Pallet
84 16 years blb@… Update force information for MacPorts 1.8
83 16 years jmroot (Joshua Root) typo
82 16 years jmroot (Joshua Root) add Migration link
81 16 years jmroot (Joshua Root) improve port build failure suggestions
80 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) grammar
79 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) html anchors/ids cannot begin with a number
78 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Merge the two entries mentioning PeerGuardian
77 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Add some more anchors to avoid breaking links again if the title is …
76 17 years blb@… Add note about why a given feature hasn't been implemented yet
75 17 years blb@… Use better anchor
74 17 years blb@… Add entry about upgrading/downloading Xcode
73 17 years blb@… Update for recent python25 changes
72 17 years jmroot (Joshua Root) add ~/.macports to the uninstall rm command
71 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) mention the option of breaking variants into separate ports
70 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Indicate some ports do link with system libraries, whether …
69 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) rewrite "Why is MacPorts using its own libraries?" some
68 17 years jmroot (Joshua Root) recommend port upgrade outdated too for build failures
67 17 years jmroot (Joshua Root) add Why Tcl?
66 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
65 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller) /etc/*paths.d/macports has never been in a released version, so I …
64 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) rewrite uninstall instructions to prefer using port uninstall, and …
63 17 years blb@… Add info on using force option
62 17 years blb@… Remove some extra blank lines
61 17 years blb@… Add entry on python26/python30 dependencies
60 17 years cerieljacobs@… rsync server refuses; littlesnitch
59 17 years paul.sijpkes@… Added details about PeerGuardian.
58 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
57 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller) This is so old, I don't think anyone will still encounter this issue
56 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) it's => its
55 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Information about installing X11 client libs
54 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller) PHP5 now uses Apache2 by default
53 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller) *-append exists for long enough now
52 17 years blb@… Note ticket #126 for the variant dependency answer
51 17 years wsiegrist@… add an entry for PeerGuardian blocking rsync to Apple
50 17 years blb@… Add entry about 'list installed' vs. 'installed'
49 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Quicktime => QuickTime
48 17 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) XCode => Xcode
47 17 years mdchaney (Michael Chaney) Added checksum error 4 - proxy blocking.
46 17 years tom.smity@… based on my own problem, with solution from jmr_mp.
45 17 years blb@… Point out alternatives for syncing if opening a firewall isn't possible
44 17 years wsiegrist@… update newticket URL to not use old /projects/macports path
43 17 years jmroot (Joshua Root) Recommend clean --all instead of --dist for checksum mismatches, …
42 17 years raimue (Rainer Müller)
41 17 years geoffroy.carrier@… -- again
40 17 years geoffroy.carrier@… Minor visual correction
39 18 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) fix typo in checksum type, clarify checksums can be combined
38 18 years jokkel@…
37 18 years jokkel@… added rsync connection issue fix using peerguardian
36 18 years afb@… HOWTO section
35 18 years wsiegrist@…
34 18 years wsiegrist@… Add the common "compiler cannot create executables" error when XCode …
33 18 years afb@…
32 18 years afb@… Ticket #13964
31 18 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Fix FAQ PageOutline
30 18 years raimue (Rainer Müller) Adding two more locations inside /etc where configuration for Leopard …
29 18 years jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios)
28 18 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Change "A port fails to build"
27 18 years jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios) Remove all dead links to OpenDarwin based resources
26 18 years jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios)
25 18 years mww@…
24 18 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) reinstating uninstall items removed by nox in version 17 (what if user …
23 18 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) add receipts to uninstall instructions
22 18 years boeyms@… Fix some of the outdated references to DarwinPorts, OpenDarwin and the …
21 18 years jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios)
20 18 years mww@…
19 18 years sfiera@…
18 18 years sfiera@…
17 18 years nox@… This page is outdated and has references to DarwinPort (commiting …
16 19 years pipping@… add link to Universal
15 19 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Rewrite the "universal" question / answer
14 19 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) fix gnome link
13 19 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) formatting
12 19 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Update GUI question to list all known GUIs
11 19 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Removing entry about cg_jpeg_resync_to_restart, a bug which was fixed …
10 19 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) Add item for configure.cflags-append error
9 19 years pipping@… DP->MacPort
8 19 years ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) add directories to uninstall command
7 19 years pipping@…
6 19 years mas@…
5 19 years markd@…
4 19 years markd@…
3 19 years markd@… Correct list info for MacPorts new ones.
2 19 years markd@… Removed section about Cisco VPN bug because Cisco fixed it long ago.
1 19 years jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios) Wiki FAQ migration