[MacPorts] #61254: `port upgrade outdated` eat more than 50GB disk space when upgrade ffmpeg

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#61254: `port upgrade outdated` eat more than 50GB disk space when upgrade ffmpeg
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  Reporter:  z7z8th  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports   |    Version:  2.6.3
Resolution:          |   Keywords:
      Port:          |
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 Replying to [ticket:61254 z7z8th]:
 > Does macports-ports has a `stable' release branch that does not upgrade
 packages to such a new version?

 No, there is only one copy of our ports tree, which has the latest version
 of ports.

 I agree that using up so much disk space is undesirable, but without more
 information, it's difficult for us to diagnose what might have happened.
 What port was building at the time that it used this much disk space? Was
 it really graphviz or was it one of its dependencies?

 In most cases, how much disk space a port needs to build or install is out
 of our control. We are not the developers of the software you're
 installing; we just make it available to you. Disk usage and other aspects
 of how the software builds are determined by its developers. Some ports
 are simply large. However, I don't think I've ever encountered a port that
 needed more than 20GB free disk space to build. Graphviz is a fairly small
 program. Its source code is 24MB and on my system building it took 5
 minutes and used an additional 147MB.

 If you try to install graphviz again and the same high disk usage occurs,
 try cancelling the build by pressing Control-C. Then find the logfile of
 whatever port was building: if it was graphviz, find it with `port logfile
 graphviz`. Attach that logfile to this ticket (please compress it first if
 it's very large) and we'll see if there's any indication of what's going
 wrong.

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