#33582: cannot install p5.12-xml-simple -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: al_cohen@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: reopened Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: p5.12-xml-sax | -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment(by richard.jw.roberts@…): Replying to [comment:4 al_cohen@…]:
Replying to [comment:3 dports@…]:
Huh, that's interesting. I thought I fixed that.
What does `port -v installed 'p5*-xml-sax*'` list?
% port -v installed 'p5*-xml-sax*' The following ports are currently installed: p5-xml-sax @0.96_1 (active) platform='darwin 10' archs='noarch' p5-xml-sax-expat @0.40_1 (active) platform='darwin 10' archs='noarch' p5.12-xml-sax-base @1.80.0_0 platform='darwin 10' archs='x86_64' % Hello, I ran into this same problem (the 2nd problem in the comments here, not the original one the bug report was about) when trying to do a 'port upgrade outdated', and I think I found a workaround. It seems to be caused by old inactive ports. Here is what happened: I ran 'port uninstall inactive', which eventually failed due to needing to remove dependencies. I went ahead and manually removed the dependency it was asking for, which boiled down to 'icon-naming-utils', however, that package was causing old versions of p5-xml stuff (specifically p5-xml- sax@0.96_2 p5-xml-sax-expat@0.40_2 p5-xml-simple@2.18_1) not to be removed. After manually uninstalling 'icon-naming-utils', and those three p5-xml-sax packages at those particular versions, I re-ran 'port uninstall inactive', which this time completed successfully. I'm now able to run 'port upgrade outdated' successfully, which did install 'p5.12-xml-simple' and several other related packages. In hindsight, perhaps 'port uninstall inactive' was not necessary - i.e. perhaps it was only necessary to uninstall the icon-naming-utils package (and perhaps the old p5-xml packages). Nonetheless the uninstall inactive freed up a lot of disk space :-)
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