Necessary library is a leaf for unknown reason

[Rainer Müller]

On 10.03.19 09:54, Andrew Udvare wrote:
>  $ port info mas
> mas @1.6.2 (sysutils, aqua)
> Variants:             universal
> 
> Description:          Mac App Store command line interface.
> Homepage:             https://github.com/mas-cli/mas
> 
> Library Dependencies: Commandant, Result
> Platforms:            macosx
> License:              MIT
> Maintainers:          none
> 
> I thought library dependencies never get removed until the dependent package is removed, and as long as they are not requested. In my case, mas is requested so I expect all its library dependencies to remain.

Correct, that would be expected behavior.

It is not entirely clear to me whether this exact version of the mas
Portfile was installed? The dependency information for calculation of
leaves is always taken from the registry and not from the Portfile in
the ports tree.

Rainer