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When installing Maven via MacPorts what does the final command "sudo maven_select maven3" do?

When installing Maven via MacPorts when it completes it prints the command 

To fully complete your installation and make maven 3.0.3 the default, please run

sudo maven_select maven3

What does this final command do when you run it? The output it produces is 

--->  Cleaning maven3
Solution

  • You don't want to have a dirty Maven.... Terrible stuff happens when you do... :)

    The command will just remove the old files that are no longer needed and make maven3 the default for the system. Presumably it'll just be setting symbolic links