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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 28, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Brandon Allbery <<a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" class="">allbery.b@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Adam Dershowitz <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:dersh@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank" class="">dersh@alum.mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is there any way to check if a specific port will be installed as a binary or built from source.</blockquote></div><br class="">The problem with this is that often the decision is made based on whether it can fetch a prebuilt binary: if the fetch fails, it builds from source.<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>I understand. I was hoping for something that verifies if the binary is there, and then reports back. Perhaps it would have to start the download, then cancel? </div><div><br class=""></div><div>—Adam</div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""></body></html>