#17473: RFE: allow Portfile to upgrade dependents -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: mcalhoun@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts Future Component: base | Version: Keywords: | Port: -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment(by febeling@…): Another example where this problem hits is when ruby is being upgraded. Native extensions live in a path like this: /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-darwin9. This used to include also minor and teeny version, but they are removed during build for both ruby (1.8.7) and ruby19 (1.9.1) now. This was devised as a means to make this problem just strike much less often. But it's only a workaround in my opinion. site_ruby and vendor_ruby locations also each contain arch subdirectories, so this applies for gems and other third-party libraries as well. And in the event of a major version rollover we still get LoadErrors in the ruby case, for which it can be quite tough to understand that you have to reinstall all your ruby libraries with native extensions. This just to give more context to this issue. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17473#comment:10> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS