On 02/27/2018 03:30 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > --with-bdeps=n. Once a package is installed, it doesn't matter what > happens to its build deps.
FWIW, the rationale for enabling bdeps by default for "upgrade" actions is that the old build deps are already installed; so if there's a major security vulnerability in one of them, you probably want to update it.