Binary packages not rebuilding against updated libraries

[Jan Stary]

On Apr 25 10:34:47, ryandesign at macports.org wrote:
> 
> On Apr 25, 2018, at 09:02, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:31:04 -0700 Ken Cunningham wrote:
> >> Portfile authors need to manually "revbump" the library's dependent
> >> ports when supporting libraries change significantly.
> >> 
> >> It's not automatically figured out by MacPorts.
> > 
> > Do we have a Trac issue for having it automatically determined, btw?
> 
> I doubt it, since I doubt there's anything we can do about it.
> How would you automate that?

Keep a record of what depends on what (as packaging managers do).
If A depends on B, and B has been rebuilt, reduild A too.
No "revision bump"; port A as such has not changed.