[MacPorts] #16169: "port upgrade p5-version" tries to uninstall it first (and fails)

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#16169: "port upgrade p5-version" tries to uninstall it first (and fails)
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 Reporter:  vinc17 at macports.org  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs                   
Component:  base                 |     Version:  1.6.0                                
 Keywords:                       |  
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 I want to upgrade p5-version, but port tries to uninstall it first,
 instead of deactivating it. So, I get the following error:
 {{{
 $ sudo port -d upgrade p5-version
 DEBUG: Found port in file:///Users/vinc17/software/dports/perl/p5-version
 DEBUG: Found port in
 file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/perl/p5-version
 DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 1 installed: 0
 DEBUG: p5-version 0.76_0 exists in the ports tree
 DEBUG: p5-version 0.7203_0 is installed
 DEBUG: Found port in file:///Users/vinc17/software/dports/lang/perl5.8
 DEBUG: Found port in
 file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/perl5.8
 DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
 DEBUG: perl5.8 5.8.8_3 exists in the ports tree
 DEBUG: perl5.8 5.8.8_3 is installed
 DEBUG: No need to upgrade! perl5.8 5.8.8_3 >= perl5.8 5.8.8_3
 DEBUG: No need to upgrade! p5-version 0.7203_0 >= p5-version 0.76_0
 DEBUG: epoch override ... upgrading!
 DEBUG: variants to install
 DEBUG: available variants are : universal
 DEBUG: new portvariants:
 DEBUG: Changing to port directory:
 /Users/vinc17/software/dports/perl/p5-version
 DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port p5-version.
 DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port p5-version.
 DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port p5-version.
 DEBUG: Found port in file:///Users/vinc17/software/dports/lang/perl5.8
 DEBUG: Found port in
 file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/perl5.8
 DEBUG: Changing to port directory:
 /Users/vinc17/software/dports/lang/perl5.8
 DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port perl5.8.
 DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port perl5.8.
 DEBUG: Executing variant darwin provides darwin
 DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_8 provides darwin_8
 DEBUG: Searching for dependency: perl5.8
 DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for perl5.8
 DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.main (p5-version)
 DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (p5-version)
 DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (p5-version)
 DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.extract (p5-version)
 DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.patch (p5-version)
 DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.configure (p5-version)
 DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.build (p5-version)
 DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.destroot (p5-version)
 DEBUG: Uninstalling p5-version 0.7203_0
 DEBUG: p5-module-build depends on this port
 DEBUG: p5-module-build depends on this port
 DEBUG: p5-module-build depends on this port
 DEBUG: p5-module-build depends on this port
 DEBUG: p5-module-build depends on this port
 DEBUG: p5-module-build depends on this port
 --->  Unable to uninstall p5-version 0.7203_0, the following ports depend
 on it:
 --->    p5-module-build
 --->    p5-module-build
 --->    p5-module-build
 --->    p5-module-build
 --->    p5-module-build
 --->    p5-module-build
 DEBUG: Please uninstall the ports that depend on p5-version first.
     while executing
 "portuninstall::uninstall $portname
 ${version_installed}_$revision_installed$oldvariant $optionslist"
 Error: Uninstall p5-version 0.7203_0 failed: Please uninstall the ports
 that depend on p5-version first.
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16169>
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