[MacPorts] #12989: port -f upgrade considered harmful

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#12989: port -f upgrade considered harmful
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 Reporter:  stephen@…           |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:  MacPorts Future                      
Component:  base                |     Version:  1.5.0                                
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Comment(by jmr@…):

 I guess I don't understand the issue then. It seems like the problem is
 simply that p5-pathtools can't be installed without force-activation,
 which is what #12710 is about. Rebuilding things regardless of whether
 they are outdated is the intended behaviour of force upgrade.

 I agree that being told simply to "use -f" when you initially ran an
 upgrade command is misleading. I've improved the message in r47848.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/12989#comment:8>
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