> On Aug 24, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Mihai Moldovan <io...@macports.org> wrote: > >> On 24.08.2016 09:02 PM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: >> >> Also, cpuid only has a build dependency on 2 perl packages, so there's no >> need to reinstall the port when perl changes. > > You can use the revbump to change the dependency to the new perl version, > mainly > to make that perl package a leaf. It's not strictly required, but my personal > opinion is to do that to enable users to get rid of packages they don't need > anymore (and at least I don't like to remove build dependencies, as they will > be > pulled in again later anyway.)
But those Perl ports are always leaves (w.r.t. `cpuid`) because they are build dependencies. There's no need to revbump if you're just updating build dependencies. vq _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
