[MacPorts] #26585: Intelligent upgrade

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#26585: Intelligent upgrade
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 Reporter:  tommyd@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                 |     Version:  1.9.1                                
 Keywords:                       |        Port:  p5-io-compress-zlib                  
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Comment(by macports@…):

 Replying to [comment:12 jmr@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 macports@…]:
 > > I have attached a file which is the log of the port upgrade in
 question. Notice the order in which subversion and openssl are built.
 Subversion comes BEFORE OpenSSL, as does serf, so both had to be rebuilt
 to get subversion working. Both those ports list openssl as a dependency
 so why does macports build them in the wrong order?
 >
 > Upon reflection, you probably just need to drop the unnecessary -R.

 According to the man page, -R upgrades dependents. Meaning, if a port is
 upgraded and the things that depend on it are still at the same version,
 those dependents would be rebuilt to ensure they are properly linked
 against the new version. I would expect such problems if this switch were
 NOT provided. With it provided, then the situation should improve, not
 worsen. Does this switch not work as documented?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/26585#comment:13>
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