port version reports 2.4.2 when built from tag v2.4.3

[Enrico Maria Crisostomo]

Not if I'm installing a MacPorts instance from source _side-by-side_ with another one installed in /opt/local (e.g.: from the packages).  At least that's my understanding of the documentation.

> On 11 Apr 2018, at 15:52, G A <artist.impressionist at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Your path should have /opt/local/bin first.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 06:48 Enrico Maria Crisostomo <enrico.m.crisostomo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I replicated it:
> 
>   * Clean the repo (e.g.: git clean -xfd)
>   * git checkout v2.4.2
>   * build and install 2.4.2:
> 
>       $ export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
>       $ MP_PREFIX=/opt/macports-2.4.2
>       $ ./configure --prefix=$MP_PREFIX --with-applications-dir=$MP_PREFIX/Applications
>       $ make
>       $ sudo make install
> 
>   * open new terminal
>   * git checkout v2.4.3
>   * configure 2.4.3:
> 
>       $ export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
>       $ MP_PREFIX=/opt/macports-2.4.3
>       $ ./configure --prefix=$MP_PREFIX --with-applications-dir=$MP_PREFIX/Applications
> 
>   * At this point src/macports1.0/macports_autoconf.tcl correctly contains `variable macports_version "2.4.3"`
>   * build and install 2.4.3:
> 
>       $ make
>       $ sudo make install
> 
>   * At this point /opt/macports-2.4.3/libexec/macports/lib/macports1.0/macports_autoconf.tcl correctly contains `variable macports_version "2.4.3"`.
>   * But port reports 2.4.2:
> 
>       % echo path
>       /opt/macports-2.4.3/bin:/opt/macports-2.4.3/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/local/bin
>       % type port
>       port is /opt/macports-2.4.3/bin/port
>       % port version
>       Version: 2.4.2
> 
> If I clean the repo between the builds, the problem does not happen.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Enrico
> 
> > On 11 Apr 2018, at 15:32, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 2018-4-11 23:27 , Enrico Maria Crisostomo wrote:
> >> Thanks Rainer,
> >>
> >> I can't check it but as I said in my previous mail I think I had forgotten to run `make distclean` when I previously built `v2.4.2`.  And now I see that the `macports_autoconf.tcl` file you cite is an Autoconf config file.  Why this happen now makes sense.
> >
> > As Rainer said, running configure is supposed to update that file (and
> > in my experience it does).
> >
> > - Josh
>