On 2021-2-3 18:46 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
I'm not aware of this "number of ports". The number of ports that both use the
muniversal portgroup and need to run something they built should hopefully be small. For
each one, I recommend trying to fix it as I outlined previously.
I wouldn't embark on a campaign of seeding users with the idea that advertised
MacPorts features don't work. Instead, as always, I would recommend that users
file bug reports when they find anything that doesn't work, and then we can fix
those issues. For the situation you're talking about, that could include fixing
or (conditionally?) disabling the universal variant.
The universal variant *is* conditionally disabled in this specific
situation. That's what Ken was asking about changing, so that users
could download a universal archive of a port they would not be able to
build locally.
- Josh
