[MacPorts] #54393: Port fails to execute an upgrade with the additional arguments given at invocation but uses it for upgrading the ports on which the given port depends

[MacPorts]

#54393: Port fails to execute an upgrade with the additional arguments given at
invocation but uses it for upgrading the ports on which the given port
depends
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 Reporter:  ballapete                    |      Owner:
     Type:  defect                       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal                       |  Milestone:
Component:  base                         |    Version:  2.4.1
 Keywords:  tiger, leopard, snowleopard  |       Port:
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 On PPC Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11, and PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, `rev-
 upgrade` does not honour an additional option like `configure.compiler
 =macports-gcc-6`.


 On PPC Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11, and PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, an
 invocation like

 {{{
 port -vd upgrade texlive-basic texlive-bin configure.compiler=macports-
 gcc-6
 }}}

 does not build `texlive-bin` with GCC 6 but the compiler as chosen/found
 by its `Portfile`. Possibly the rearranging of the build sequence (first
 the second port, then the first port) makes the additional argument
 `configure.compiler=macports-gcc-6` disappear. Or applies only to the
 first port, which cannot be built because the second port, executed first,
 fails to build.


 On PPC Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11, and PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, an
 invocation like

 {{{
 port -vd upgrade poppler configure.compiler=macports-gcc-6
 }}}

 finds that `texlive-bin` needs rebuilding because
 `/opt/local/lib/libpoppler.dylib` has changed. When answering "`Y`", `rev-
 upgrade` does not use  the additional argument `configure.compiler
 =macports-gcc-6`.


 On Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.8, an invocation à la

 {{{
 port -vd upgrade « whatever » configure.compiler=macports-gcc-6
 }}}

 lets port use the additional argument `configure.compiler=macports-gcc-6`
 to upgrade all ports on which the named port depends.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/54393>
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