port version reports 2.4.2 when built from tag v2.4.3

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 12, 2018, at 03:39, Enrico Maria Crisostomo wrote:

> On 12 Apr 2018, at 02:30, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 11, 2018, at 08:48, Enrico Maria Crisostomo 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
>> 
>> Just to be absolutely certain which `port' binary you're running:
>> 
>> What happens if you run:
>> 
>> /opt/macports-2.4.3/bin/port version
> 
> Hi Ryan,
> 
> This happens:
> 
>    % /opt/macports-2.4.3-clean/bin/port version
>    Version: 2.4.3

Then I would say that MacPorts is working correctly. I would guess that the problem occurred because of your shell's cached lookup of the port command in the previous /opt/macports-2.4.2 location.