Local portfile masks portfile in main repository

[Rainer Müller]

On 04/15/2011 01:00 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> If you look at the output in the above ticket, it shows that MacPorts
> was aware of php5 @5.3.6 (presumably from the rsync port repository),
> but still chose php5 @5.3.5 (presumably from the local directory
> which came from an old ports tarball). I think that's the scenario
> that might merit some kind of message to the user.

That's done this way on purpose. It's the only way to stick to an older
version of a port. Keeping a local Portfile avoids to be considered
outdated.

Rainer