invoking port

[Paul Beard]

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On Apr 7, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> If some other ports depend on the port you're trying to upgrade,  
> then port will complain, unless you use the force option. I wish it  
> weren't that way -- I wish port were smart enough to figure out  
> that you are installing an upgrade to the port, not merely  
> uninstalling the port, therefore it should allow the (momentary)  
> uninstallation. However, port is not that smart.

It seems confusing to have word commands (install/uninstall) along  
with single-letter arguments, in that case. port upgrade <some port>  
should (says a guy who can't code) just upgrade the port, upgrade any  
dependences (by which I mean things it depends on) if needed, and  
clean up after itself. Dependent ports, things that rely on the port  
you upgrade, do not get upgraded automagically. So, theoretically, if  
you upgrade gettext, you have to upgrade libiconv and expat. But if  
you upgrade expat, gettext is not upgraded.


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