variants

[Joshua Root]

On 2009-7-14 23:31, Panagiotis Atmatzidis wrote:
> 
> On 14 Ιουλ 2009, at 9:41 ΠΜ, Norman Khine wrote:
> 
>> hello,
>> i just built boost, using the '%% sudo port install boost' command,
>> but forgot to add some specific variants i needed. do i simply:
>>
>> %% sudo port upgrade boost +variants
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> norman
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> 
> It's better to uninstall first and then re-install with the variants.
> 
> sudo port uninstall boost
> sudo port install boost +variant1 +variant2

You can add variants using upgrade just fine as explained here:
<http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#whentoforce>

- Josh