#35599: "port uninstall inactive" unable to remove p5-xml-parser -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: sam.halliday@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: duplicate | Keywords: Port: policykit | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * status: new => closed * resolution: => duplicate * port: => policykit Old description:

When running the above command, I get the following failure, which happens quite often (not always the same packages)

=================== $ sudo port uninstall inactive ---> Unable to uninstall p5-xml-parser @2.400.0_4, the following ports depend on it: ---> policykit @0.103_1 Error: org.macports.uninstall for port p5-xml-parser returned: Please uninstall the ports that depend on p5-xml-parser first. Please see the log file for port p5-xml-parser for details: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_p5 -xml-parser_2.400.0_4/p5-xml-parser/main.log Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for p5-xml-parser @2.400.0_4 ---> Unable to uninstall p5-xml-parser @2.400.0_4, the following ports depend on it: ---> policykit @0.103_1 Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on p5-xml-parser first. ===================

I consider this to be a bug because nothing should be marked as "inactive" if it is actually being used by something else.

In order to uninstall any other "inactive" ports (if there are any), I usually have to specify their version number, e.g. sudo port uninstall py27-lxml @2.3_0

FYI...

$sudo port list inactive p5-xml-parser @2.400.0 perl/p5-xml-parser

New description: When running the above command, I get the following failure, which happens quite often (not always the same packages) {{{ $ sudo port uninstall inactive ---> Unable to uninstall p5-xml-parser @2.400.0_4, the following ports depend on it: ---> policykit @0.103_1 Error: org.macports.uninstall for port p5-xml-parser returned: Please uninstall the ports that depend on p5-xml-parser first. Please see the log file for port p5-xml-parser for details: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_p5 -xml-parser_2.400.0_4/p5-xml-parser/main.log Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for p5-xml-parser @2.400.0_4 ---> Unable to uninstall p5-xml-parser @2.400.0_4, the following ports depend on it: ---> policykit @0.103_1 Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on p5 -xml-parser first. }}} I consider this to be a bug because nothing should be marked as "inactive" if it is actually being used by something else. In order to uninstall any other "inactive" ports (if there are any), I usually have to specify their version number, e.g. sudo port uninstall py27-lxml @2.3_0 FYI... {{{ $sudo port list inactive p5-xml-parser @2.400.0 perl/p5-xml-parser }}} -- Comment: It was an error for a dependency on p5-xml-parser to have been added to the policykit port. #34731 is the ticket requesting that this be fixed. FYI, [wiki:FAQ#portlist "port list" doesn't do what you think it does]. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/35599#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS