#18408: Cannot upgrade mercurial (macports wants to reinstall latest dependencies) ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: apple@… | Owner: deric@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Bugs Component: ports | Version: 1.7.0 Keywords: | Port: mercurial ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Comment(by ryandesign@…): Replying to [ticket:18408 apple@…]:
I have tried a number of ways to get the install to work beginning with 'port upgrade mercurial', next 'port -n upgrade mercurial', 'port -fn upgrade mercurial' and 'port -f upgrade mercurial'
I do not completely understand all the symptoms you are describing, but you definitely do not want to run "port -f upgrade anything". The force flag should be used sparingly, and only when necessary, and using it without also using the "-n" flag will almost definitely cause things to rebuilt that do not need to be rebuilt. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18408#comment:7> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS