On Jun 11, 2019, at 10:35, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> On Tuesday June 11 2019 10:10:21 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>
> Honestly, why not? I've always found it counter-intuitive that you cannot
> specify a port name in this usage type
Because "sudo port action X" means to perform the action on the port (or
subport) named X as identified in the portindex. You are proposing that the
behavior should vary depending on whether or not the current directory contains
a portfile for port (or subport) X. That doesn't seem like a good idea because
it makes the port command's behavior less predictable.
> (nor use `upgrade` btw, but that might be unrelated).
It is confusing that "sudo port upgrade" in a port directory does not use the
portfile in that port directory, but instead upgrades the port of that name
that's in the portindex. I know I've discussed this before with Rainer and/or
Joshua but I don't remember where so I can't provide a link to the discussion.
