Upgrade dependents to universal?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 15, 2010, at 22:25, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:

> What I want to know is why
> 
> sudo port upgrade --enforce-variants
> 
> works, but
> 
> sudo port install --enforce-variants
> 
> does not.

I guess because when Joshua implemented --enforce-variants he did it as an option for the upgrade command, and not also as an option for the install command.

Flags (like "--enforce-variants") which go after the verb (i.e. after "upgrade" or after "install") are flags that are specific to that verb. Flags that go after "port" and before the verb (i.e. "-d", "-f", "-v") are global and apply to every verb.

So, short answer: because nobody got around to doing that yet.