#12989: port -f upgrade considered harmful --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: stephen@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts Future Component: base | Version: 1.5.0 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by jmr@…): Replying to [comment:9 stephen@…]:

When I say "port -f upgrade p5-pathtools" I expect p5-pathtools to be rebuilt. However, if I put -f in an upgrade command, I cannot predict how much will be rebuilt unless I'm wiling to trace the whole dependency graph.

There's a dry-run mode in trunk.

For example, IIRC if p5-pathtools depends on p5-foo, and both depend on perlt, you can expect perl to be rebuilt twice.

Actually, perl will only be rebuilt once.

OTOH, if you do -f -n then outdated prerequisites won't get rebuilt either.

If things are genuinely outdated then you don't have to use -f. Of course you do have to manually intervene and use -f on some of the activations, but that's #12710.

It's also an unsightly waste of space in cases like this where copies of files get replicated ad infinitum.

Again, the ports shouldn't conflict. #12710. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/12989#comment:10> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS