On Apr 25 10:34:47, ryandes...@macports.org wrote: > > On Apr 25, 2018, at 09:02, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:31:04 -0700 Ken Cunningham wrote: > >> Portfile authors need to manually "revbump" the library's dependent > >> ports when supporting libraries change significantly. > >> > >> It's not automatically figured out by MacPorts. > > > > Do we have a Trac issue for having it automatically determined, btw? > > I doubt it, since I doubt there's anything we can do about it. > How would you automate that?
Keep a record of what depends on what (as packaging managers do). If A depends on B, and B has been rebuilt, reduild A too. No "revision bump"; port A as such has not changed.
