[59139] trunk/dports/mail/getmail/Portfile

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 04:57:37AM +0100, Mark Hattam said:
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> 
> So does getmail now depend on both python25 and python26?
> 
> I thought that after updating getmail [59139], which caused the
> installation of python26, although python25 got updated too due to
> [59156] in the same "sudo port upgrade outdated" run, that I'd be
> able to uninstall python25 since nothing else needs it.
> But it says getmail still depends on it.
> 
> iMac:~ mark$ sudo port installed
> The following ports are currently installed:
>   getmail @4.11.0_1 (active)
>   python25 @2.5.4_8+darwin_10+macosx (active)
>   python26 @2.6.3_0+darwin (active)
>   python_select @0.3_0+darwin_10 (active)
> 
> iMac:~ mark$ sudo port uninstall python25
> --->  Unable to uninstall python25 2.5.4_8+darwin_10+macosx, the
> following ports depend on it:
> --->  	getmail
> Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend
> on python25 first.

getmail does now depend on only python26, what you are seeing is ticket
#13054:

<http://trac.macports.org/ticket/13054>

You should be able to safely force the uninstall of python25 since it uses
2.6.

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> 
> Mark