#28486: help2man: fails to configure -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: Damien@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: | Port: help2man -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment(by guillaume.salagnac@…): I was trying to follow the advice given in the #28536 ticket, and I indeed happened to solve my problem by installing {{{perl5.10}}}, and then uninstalling {{{perl5.8}}}. I don't understand why, but I had to {{{--force}}} macports to uninstall {{{perl5.8}}} : {{{ % sudo port uninstall perl5.8 ---> Unable to uninstall perl5.8 5.8.9_4+universal, the following ports depend on it: ---> perl5 Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on perl5.8 first. % sudo port -f uninstall perl5.8 ---> Unable to uninstall perl5.8 5.8.9_4+universal, the following ports depend on it: ---> perl5 Warning: Uninstall forced. Proceeding despite dependencies. ---> Uninstalling perl5.8 @5.8.9_4+universal }}} But I'm not surprised not to understand what's going on here (meta packages, virtual packages, variants, versions, and options are all quite mysterious to me :-) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28486#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS