> On Mar 28, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Adam Dershowitz <de...@alum.mit.edu > <mailto:de...@alum.mit.edu>> wrote: > Is there any way to check if a specific port will be installed as a binary or > built from source. > > The problem with this is that often the decision is made based on whether it > can fetch a prebuilt binary: if the fetch fails, it builds from source. >
I understand. I was hoping for something that verifies if the binary is there, and then reports back. Perhaps it would have to start the download, then cancel? —Adam
