question about overriding the platforms statement in subports

[Joshua Root]

On 9/12/2024 06:26, Ryan Carsten Schmidt wrote:
> On Dec 8, 2024, at 09:52, Ken Cunningham wrote:
>>
>> As a feature request for the future, for ease of writing portfiles it 
>> might be helpful I think if a second platforms statement would replace 
>> a previous one.
> 
> It's pretty unexpected to me if that's not already the case since other 
> variables (except buggy ones*) can be overridden.
> 
> * https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64960 <https://trac.macports.org/ 
> ticket/64960>

You can set platforms to a new value just fine, it just doesn't remove a 
previously set known_fail.

- Josh