`port archive` ?

[René J.V. Bertin]

On Wednesday October 25 2023 06:05:45 Eric Gallager wrote:

>Yes, conflicts registered in the Portfile. For example:

>--->  Computing dependencies for arm-elf-gcc3
>Error: Can't install arm-elf-gcc3 because conflicting ports are
>active: arm-elf-gcc
>Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you
>believe there is a bug.

Heh, at least it's telling you what to do ;)

Allowing `port archive --force foo` to override/ignore such conditions should be an acceptable workaround I suppose?
Compare to dpkg's --force-X options.

R.