MacPorts Portability, etc.?

[Joshua Root]

On 2010-9-9 21:29 , Dave Abrahams wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
>>
>> Given the simple nature of our depspecs there aren't many cases where
>> resolution is impossible. Really the only one is conflicting ports.
>> These are detected and cause the operation to fail, meaning the user has
>> to take appropriate action to avoid the conflict.
> 
> Hmm, what if package A depends on B and C, while B depends on D
> version >=3 and C depends on D version >= 5
> ?

Part of "the simple nature of our depspecs" is that they don't specify a
version. We upgrade already-installed dependencies before installing new
ports.

- Josh