you can specify in your macports.conf, or on the command line for one-offs, that you only want to install binaries.
sudo port -b install my-big-port will install the binary if it exists, or abort. Ken On 2017-03-28, at 1:34 PM, Adam Dershowitz wrote: > Is there any way to check if a specific port will be installed as a binary or > built from source. I’m looking for a flag that would just check if a binary > is available for my particular configuration? I’m looking for something > similar to “dry run” (-y). I did try -y on the hopes that it would show > what would try to download, but even with -v it doesn’t show that level of > detail. > > Thanks, > > > --Adam > > >
