Upgrade dependents to universal?

[Joshua Root]

On 2010-4-16 13:36 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> 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.

And because people only ever want it for +universal, and trunk has a
better, automated solution for that.

- Josh