first experiences with rev-upgrade
Joshua Root
jmr at macports.org
Sun Apr 8 21:35:18 PDT 2012
On 2012-4-9 02:06 , Landon Fuller wrote:
>
> I think it should be noted that rev-upgrade isn't really optional
> in the same way that 'upgrade outdated' is -- rev-upgrade is
> detecting genuinely broken binaries and fixing them,
> automatically.
>
> As an end user, I just want things to work. If port(1)
> automatically fixes broken ports on my system, all the better. I
> don't personally think adding additional steps to fixing otherwise
> broken binaries is a better experience for users.
It's a little surprising and non-optimal if it always forces
source-only mode though, even when the port with broken linking is
outdated and simply upgrading (possibly using an archive) might fix it.
- Josh
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