On Jan 02 14:37:00, ryandes...@macports.org wrote:
> On Jan 2, 2018, at 13:33, Jan Stary wrote:
> >
> > Deactivatng e.g. man warns me that
> >
> > Note: It is not recommended to uninstall/deactivate a port that has
> > dependents as it breaks the dependents.
> > The following ports will break: lirc @0.9.4d_3
> >
> > It's a build dependency, not a run dependency or a lib dependency.
> > Does the deactivate/uninstall differentiate between those?
>
> Yes, MacPorts differentiates. I don't know why you would see that message
> when deactivating a build dep.
>
> Your pull request shows that you originally added man as a library dep not a
> build dep. If you installed lirc in that state, that's what got recorded in
> the registry and would account for the message.
Yes, it was an artifact of that mistake. Thanks.
Jan
