moar (better than less) conflicts with moarVM (needed for Raku)

Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolcott at gmail.com
Tue Dec 5 20:07:56 UTC 2023 

Hi Austin;

  That's great news to hear, but it still seems to be in conflict with
MoarVM even after a self-update.  Perhaps there is something else that
I need to do in addition to the self-update?

Thanks,
Ken

date; sudo port -v selfupdate
Tue Dec  5 12:05:04 PST 2023
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The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you should run
  port upgrade outdated
~: port list | grep -i moar
MoarVM                         @2023.06        lang/MoarVM
moar                           @1.18.5         textproc/moar
~: port installed | grep -i moar
  moar @1.16.1_0
  moar @1.18.1_0
  MoarVM @2022.07_1
  MoarVM @2022.12_0
  MoarVM @2023.02_0
  MoarVM @2023.04_0
  MoarVM @2023.06_0
  MoarVM @2023.06_1 (active)
~: sudo port -v -s install moar
--->  Computing dependencies for moar.
Error: Can't install moar because conflicting ports are active: MoarVM
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you
believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port moar failed

On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 11:04 AM Austin Ziegler <halostatue at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> `sudo port install moar +pager` should work after an update.
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 12:23 AM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> AWESOME!
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 9:13 PM Austin Ziegler <halostatue at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi, Kenneth.
>> >
>> > I finally got around to figuring out how to resolve this[1] and have opened a
>> > new PR[2] which, if accepted, will allow you to install moar with the +pager
>> > variant, bypassing the mutual conflict on both sides (so you can install
>> > moar +pager before MoarVM or vice-versa). moar will be called moar-pager
>> > with the +pager variant, so any configuration you do to $PAGER will need
>> > to be updated to use moar-pager instead of moar.
>> >
>> > riff and ugrep, if used, will be patched to recognize moar-pager in addition
>> > to moar as a pager.
>> >
>> > -a
>> >
>> > [1] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/6849
>> > [2] https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/21604
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 9:16 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi;
>> >>
>> >>   I noticed today that when trying to build moar port from source that
>> >> port stops immediately by stating the previously-known conflict with
>> >> MoarVM rather than building it first and then complaining when the
>> >> installation occurs and the conflict is readily apparent.  This is an
>> >> improvement; thanks to those who improved this.  It would be great to
>> >> have both co-exist peacefully, however.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Ken
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 6:53 PM Austin Ziegler <halostatue at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > This is a known issue with no useful response from the upstream maintainer: https://github.com/walles/moar/issues/143
>> >> >
>> >> > IMO, MacPorts should either make the choice to change the `moar` pager binary to `moar-pager` or set up a conflicting package rule.
>> >> >
>> >> > As I was looking for examples of this, I noticed that the moreutils port excludes its version of parallel, which is easier to use in simple cases than GNU parallel — so that's somewhat disappointing. Maybe we can bring that back as a variant (moreutils+parallel) or a separate port (moreutils-parallel).
>> >> >
>> >> > -a
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 8:21 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi;
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Since I have already installed raku I cannot install moar because moar
>> >> >> conflicts with moarvm required by Raku.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Looks like "moar" (which is better than "less") needs to be renamed
>> >> >> somehow or internally there is a conflict. Trimmed error output is
>> >> >> enclosed below.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >> Ken Wolcott
>> >> >>
>> >> >> .............
>> >> >> Error: Failed to activate moar: Image error: /opt/local/bin/moar is
>> >> >> being used by the active MoarVM port.  Please deactivate this port
>> >> >> first, or use 'port -f activate moar' to force the activation.
>> >> >>     while executing
>> >> >> "throw registry::image-error $msg"
>> >> >>     ("foreach" body line 47)
>> >> >>     invoked from within
>> >> >> "foreach file $imagefiles {
>> >> >>                 set srcfile "${extracted_dir}${file}"
>> >> >>
>> >> >>                 # To be able to install links, we test if we can lst..."
>> >> >>     invoked from within
>> >> >> "registry::write {
>> >> >>             foreach file $imagefiles {
>> >> >>                 set srcfile "${extracted_dir}${file}"
>> >> >>
>> >> >>                 # To be able to instal..."
>> >> >> Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_moar/moar/main.log
>> >> >> for details.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Austin Ziegler • halostatue at gmail.com • austin at halostatue.ca
>> >> > http://www.halostatue.ca/ • http://twitter.com/halostatue
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Austin Ziegler • halostatue at gmail.com • austin at halostatue.ca
>> > http://www.halostatue.ca/ • http://twitter.com/halostatue
>
>
>
> --
> Austin Ziegler • halostatue at gmail.com • austin at halostatue.ca
> http://www.halostatue.ca/ • http://twitter.com/halostatue

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