Problem with uninstall/upgrade

[Kevin Ballard]

On Mar 15, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> On 2007-03-15 17:00:28 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>> The following problem occurs with both the old version and 1.4 rc2:
>>
>> prunille:~> sudo port -v uninstall m4 @1.4.8b_1
>> Error: port uninstall failed: Registry error: m4 1.4.8b_1 not  
>> registered as installed.
>> prunille:~> sudo port -v upgrade m4
>> --->  Activating m4 1.4.8b_1+with_default_names
>> Error: Activating m4 1.4.8b_1 failed: Image error: Another version  
>> of m4 (1.4.4_0) is already active.
>
> Some additional information:
>
> prunille:~> port installed m4
> The following ports are currently installed:
>   m4 @1.4.4_0 (active)
>   m4 @1.4.8b_1+with_default_names
>
> So, the two questions are:
>
> 1. Why doesn't upgrade deactivate m4 1.4.4_0 first?
>
> 2. Why does uninstall say that m4 1.4.8b_1 is not registered as
>    installed while "port installed m4" says it is installed?

The full spec for that installation is @1.4.8b_1+with_default_names.  
Try using that in the uninstall.

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Kevin Ballard
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