On 2010-4-16 13:36 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > On Apr 15, 2010, at 22:25, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: > >> What I want to know is why >> >> sudo port upgrade --enforce-variants >> >> works, but >> >> sudo port install --enforce-variants >> >> does not. > > I guess because when Joshua implemented --enforce-variants he did it as an > option for the upgrade command, and not also as an option for the install > command. > > Flags (like "--enforce-variants") which go after the verb (i.e. after > "upgrade" or after "install") are flags that are specific to that verb. Flags > that go after "port" and before the verb (i.e. "-d", "-f", "-v") are global > and apply to every verb. > > So, short answer: because nobody got around to doing that yet.
And because people only ever want it for +universal, and trunk has a better, automated solution for that. - Josh _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
