So, I guess I could do that, and then cancel if it starts to download. That’s a bit of a work around, but should do the job.
--Adam > On Mar 28, 2017, at 4:48 PM, Ken Cunningham <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 >> >> >> >
