port upgrade outdated order

[Mihai Moldovan]

On 04.03.2015 07:59 PM, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> @ larry
>> Base doesn't have a concept of equivalence. [...] We could
>> implement virtual ports or something like that, but that's a rather
>> larger project.
> Would be more like Debian's "replaces", no? [...] Mind you, Debian's
> implementation isn't exactly foolproof either... I've seen enough
> cases where packages aren't replaced for some reason, or where
> they're replaced and hell ensues.

You should not compare MacPorts with apt/dpkg. apt/dpkg supports cyclic
dependencies, while MacPorts does not. This creates additional problems
MacPorts doesn't have.



Mihai



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