odd port list installed output
Ryan Schmidt
ryandesign at macports.org
Thu Mar 6 22:56:44 PST 2008
On Mar 6, 2008, at 08:56, skip at pobox.com wrote:
> Consider this:
>
> % port installed | egrep python
> python24 @2.4.4_2+darwin_9
> python24 @2.4.4_4+darwin_9 (active)
> python25 @2.5.2_0+darwin_9
> python25 @2.5.2_1+darwin_9 (active)
>
> One would think I should be able to uninstall the inactive ports,
> but I
> can't:
>
> % sudo port uninstall python25 at 2.5.2_0+darwin_9
> ---> Unable to uninstall python25 2.5.2_0+darwin_9, the
> following ports depend on it:
> ---> py25-tz
> ---> py25-dateutil
> ---> py25-hashlib
> ---> py25-tkinter
> Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that
> depend on python25 first.
>
> It doesn't appear that the port command is smart enough to realize
> that the
> active version of the python25 port should be able to satisfy the
> stated
> dependencies.
That is correct. The port command is non-smart in this regard. You
have to force it.
sudo port -f uninstall python25 at 2.5.2_0+darwin_9
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