On Jun 11, 2019, at 10:09, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> On Tuesday June 11 2019 09:51:43 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> Should it be? The use of command line variable overrides should not be
>> encouraged for end users, though it is something developers might need
>> occasionally.
>
> In this case it's a crucial bit of information. WHich btw I didn't think to
> test because not all variables can be overridden.
>
> I think it's either document this,
If you like.
> or change "base" so it will recognise when a port name corresponds to a
> subport provided by the Portfile in the working directory.
That doesn't seem like a change that would be a good idea.
