#28425: port says that ports depend only on themselves ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: vinc17@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: High | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: | Port: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment(by zappaisgod@…): same thing happens to me with perl5.8.9_3 saying that is depending on perl5. currently I have perl5.12 installed and active, and perl5.8.9_3 inactive. doing a port uninstall inactive: {{{ MisterX-a-k-a-PowerBook-G4:~$ sudo port -v uninstall inactive ---> Unable to uninstall perl5.8 5.8.9_3, the following ports depend on it: ---> perl5 Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on perl5.8 first. MisterX-a-k-a-PowerBook-G4:~$ sudo port -v uninstall perl5.8 ---> Unable to uninstall perl5.8 5.8.9_3, the following ports depend on it: ---> perl5 Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on perl5.8 first. MisterX-a-k-a-PowerBook-G4:~$ sudo port -v uninstall perl5 ---> Unable to uninstall perl5 5.12.3_1+perl5_12, the following ports depend on it: ---> p5-locale-gettext ---> help2man ---> autoconf ---> automake ---> glib2 ---> p5-xml-parser ---> p5-getopt-long ---> p5-pathtools ---> p5-scalar-list-utils ---> intltool ---> gtk-doc ---> ghostscript ---> p5-xml-namespacesupport ---> p5-xml-sax ---> p5-xml-sax-expat ---> p5-xml-simple ---> icon-naming-utils ---> p5-xml-parser ---> p5-getopt-long ---> p5-pathtools ---> p5-scalar-list-utils ---> p5-locale-gettext ---> autoconf Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on perl5 first. }}} -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28425#comment:6> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS