On Mar 22, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Rainer Müller wrote:
Ryan Schmidt wrote:I think port not only pays attention to epoch/version/revision but also the timestamp of Portfile; when Portfile is newer than the install, even when the versioning says it's already installed, it'll run again.I would not have expected that. If a rebuild is needed, the maintainer needs to increase the revision, version, or epoch.I reported this problem earlier: http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2008-February/004563.htmlIf nobody can think of a valid use for this check we should just drop it.
It is somewhat useful when one is developing a new port (since you don't have to remember to clean before you rebuild after changing the Portfile), and there's the -o flag one can use to change the behavior.
I don't have a problem with removing the feature, though. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- [email protected] ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+
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