Re: [ports] Shouldn't we rebuild all dependant packages whenever a library changes?

On Sat, 19 Oct 2024, John Levine wrote:

The difference between a minor and major version is that minor versions have
the same interfaces.  If the interfaces change, thaat's a major version.
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That's how it should be, but since the version comes from upstream, you can't be sure about it.

It sounds like the bug is that a breaking change was shipped as a minor version
rather than a major one.
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I am no longer that sure about it.
I recompiled my VirtualBox port and it did __not__ resolve the issue.
Then I did `pkg install --force qt5-style-plugins`.
That did the job. Obviously the package already was automatically rebuilt, but the version was not bumped, so pkg upgrade wouldn't pick it up automatically. If the rebuild of VirtualBox really was necessary - who knows. At least force-reinstalling it via pkg wasn't enough.
There definitely is some kind of bug.