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List:       macports-users
Subject:    Re: force rebuild a port
From:       "Richard L. Hamilton" <rlhamil () smart ! net>
Date:       2024-03-27 15:47:11
Message-ID: 678EFF4B-7909-4951-8146-E2C5113FFE9C () smart ! net
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To explain:

-n prevents rebuilding ports that the ports being upgraded (works with install too I \
suppose, but there should be no need for that) depend on; it may cause failure if \
they're not already installed and up-to-date

--force forces upgrading even of a port that's current; but without the -n, that \
would apply to everything it depends on too, which is slow and might cause more \
problems (esp. if there are issues with any of the build tools used)

--no-rev-upgrade because while the check for broken ports is usually good, it might \
get in the way in this sort of situation; and because one might be repeating the \
command one port at a time for more than one port (separate commands so it tries them \
all even if one fails), and since the check is a bit slow, that saves time

This is rather far down the list of what one should try, because normally -n is not a \
good idea (although it can make sense to limit --force), and because ideally one \
would just do "port upgrade" and let it sort out what needs doing. But clearly it \
helps sometimes when things aren't right and you don't want to do more than \
necessary.

> On Mar 27, 2024, at 11:21, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> wrote:
> 
> Hi Richard,
> 
> Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> > port -n upgrade --force --no-rev-upgrade crankyport
> > 
> > It might not work if crankyport needs the latest of something it depends on and \
> > that isn't already up-to-date. But a lot of times, it does work.
> 
> this is a good one.. appears to work for stubborn libgdk, it just rebuilt
> 
> I prefer it to build/uninstall/install because upgrade preserves the
> automatic status and variants automagically.
> 
> Riccardo
> 


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