From macports-users  Thu Oct 19 00:37:01 2017
From: Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla () macports ! org>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 00:37:01 +0000
To: macports-users
Subject: Re: MacPorts shell mode
Message-Id: <EA282E93-ADEC-4980-8C84-7EBCED2AAADF () macports ! org>
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> On Oct 18, 2017, at 5:31 PM, pagani laurent via macports-users =
<macports-users@lists.macports.org> wrote:
>=20
> Hi all,
>=20
> Reading the mails on this list, I discovered the Shell mode option =
(sudo port without argument) which would allow in principle to launch =
several commands without repeating sudo port each time (and typing the =
passwd). But once in that mode, I typed selfupdate and was exited from =
the the mode after completion! Could not run upgrade outdated in the =
wake=E2=80=A6 In that case, what=E2=80=99s the use of such a shell mode =
?

Selfupdate updates port itself (base). Probably makes sense to exit =
current running port after such an update. Could it recognize it was in =
shell mode spawn new port command? I don=E2=80=99t know.

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