libgcc9 and other ports that will never build on my system

[chilli.namesake at gmail.com]


Yes, you got it. How do I command MacPorts to upgrade all outdated ports "and not" this whatever troublesome port?  Is there a way? If you just told me, you'll have to be less subtle.

> On Sep 12, 2022, at 14:00, Bill Cole <macportsusers-20171215 at billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:
> On 2022-09-12 at 12:04:41 UTC-0400 (Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:04:41 -0400)
> <chilli.namesake at gmail.com>
> is rumored to have said:
> 
>> Thanks for catching that.
>> 
>> From my macports.conf file:
>> # CPU architecture to target. Supported values are "ppc", "ppc64",
>> # "i386", "x86_64", and "arm64". Defaults to:
>> # - Mac OS X 10.5 and earlier: "ppc" on PowerPC, otherwise "i386".
>> # - Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.15: "x86_64" on 64-bit Intel, otherwise "i386".
>> # - macOS 11 and later: "arm64" on Apple Silicon, otherwise "x86_64".
>> build_arch              x86_64
>> 
>> 
>> thus, I was not trying to build for i386, I've specified x86_64
> 
> If for some reason you had built it with the 'universal' variant you could also end up rebuilding it for both. But as I said, I don't think this is the point of attack.
> 
>> I find it difficult to believe MacPorts has no control over what it is updating.
>> MacPorts upgrade command obviously has some way to know what ports have updates available:
>> 
>> port upgrade outdated
>> 
>> The outdated argument tells upgrade what to update. I was hoping it would be something simple like
>> 
>> port upgrade outdated -libgcc9
> 
> Like I said...
> 
> 
>>> On Sep 12, 2022, at 09:29, Bill Cole <macportsusers-20171215 at billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>> 3. "sudo port upgrade outdated and not libgcc9" should work, but it will leave everything dependent on libgcc9 at older versions.
> 
> The only difference from your hypothetical command is 'and not' instead of '-'
> 
> 
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