Subport blocks for $name (Was: [MacPorts] #40263: goffice: update to 0.10.6)

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Aug 28, 2013, at 6:38 PM, MacPorts <noreply at macports.org> wrote:

> #40263: goffice: update to 0.10.6
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>  Reporter:  c.herbig@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
>      Type:  update      |     Status:  closed
>  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
> Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.2.0
> Resolution:  fixed       |   Keywords:  haspatch
>      Port:  goffice     |
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> 
> Comment (by ryandesign@…):
> 
> That's what I did when I first started using subports, then Joshua told me
> the subport code in base was never designed to accommodate that usage
> (i.e. declaring a subport for ${name}) and might not work correctly, so I
> stopped doing that. I don't remember if base was subsequently changed to
> accommodate that or not.

Is this still the case? I haven't noticed any issues. r91250 seems like it was intended to accommodate this, but perhaps there are other places in base that still have trouble?

vq