port configure dovecot

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Jan 28, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Jan 29, 2010, at 01:23, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
>
>> On Jan 28, 2010, at 11:21 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 29, 2010, at 01:12, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why would the current dovecot Portfile want to build mysql5 when  
>>>> I do "port configure dovecot +mysql5"?
>>>>
>>>> brad at trex ~ $ port installed mysql5
>>>> The following ports are currently installed:
>>>> mysql5 @5.1.41_0 (active)
>>>
>>> It's probably upgrading you to mysql5 @5.1.42_0.
>>
>> Why is it doing that? I didn't do port upgrade outdated.
>>
>> Is this the default behavior of macports? I forget. But now that I  
>> think of it I remember getting bit by the openssl 1.0 upgrade and I  
>> think that may have been an automatic build as well.
>
> MacPorts now upgrades your dependencies during install. I believe  
> this changed in MacPorts 1.7 or 1.8 but I can't find it in the  
> ChangeLog. You can prevent this using the -n switch.

What exactly does port -n do?

I don't see it explained in man port.

// Brad
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