Activate inactive ports without upgrading outdated dependencies

[Davide Liessi]

2014-08-27 14:01 GMT+02:00 Clemens Lang <cal at macports.org>:
>> I forgot to say that in this situation `port outdated` shows:
>>
>> $ port outdated
>> The following installed ports are outdated:
>> C                        1 < 2
>>
>> but `sudo port upgrade outdated` has no effect:
>
> That's by design to allow you to keep older versions of a port active.
> If you have the new version installed but deactivated, the "outdated"
> pseudo-port will not contain the port. "port outdated", however, will.

OK, I actually like this behaviour, knowing its rationale.

Do you have any ideas about my original question?

Best wishes.
Davide