{ darwin any } ports getting reinstalled after OS upgrade

[Christopher Jones]

> On 27 Sep 2023, at 2:01 pm, Nils Breunese <nils at breun.nl> wrote:
> 
> Christopher Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> I had no idea we supported single tarballs for multiple OS versions. 
>> 
>> I must say, the distinction between
>> 
>> platforms { darwin any }
>> 
>> and
>> 
>> platforms {darwin >= 11}
>> 
>> which *does* result in specific tarballs for each OS is a bit too subtle for my tastes. I presume it’s the present of ‘any’ which is important here ?
> 
> You can do this:
> 
> 	platforms { darwin any } { darwin >= 11 }
> 
> Which means that the port will install on Darwin 11+, and it will install identically on all of those supported versions.

Yes, I get that now, but it wasn’t my point.