[MacPorts] #18408: Cannot upgrade mercurial (macports wants to reinstall latest dependencies)

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#18408: Cannot upgrade mercurial (macports wants to reinstall latest dependencies)
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 Reporter:  apple@…               |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:  Port Bugs                            
Component:  ports                 |     Version:  1.7.0                                
 Keywords:                        |        Port:                                       
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 I tried to upgrade mercurial today, but the upgrade gets into a situation
 where it wants to install ports that are already
 installed and that are not outdated and ports that are installed and
 depenedences that are not the latest versions but are
 according to the mercurial port file acceptable.

 I have tried a number of ways to get the install to work beginning with
 'port upgrade mercurial', next 'port -n upgrade
 mercurial', 'port -fn upgrade mercurial' and 'port -f upgrade mercurial'

 In all cases, I either get to a place where some dependency of a
 dependency will not uninstall because it is required for
 other ports and the whole thing fails, or I get to a place where gettext
 (which I know is up to date) keeps being
 refetched, re-everything, fails to re-install and MP either fails or tries
 again.

 Here is what 'port installed' and 'port outdated' say before I try to
 upgrade:

 {{{
 grendel% port installed mercurial
 The following ports are currently installed:
   mercurial @0.9.5_0
 grendel% port outdated mercurial
 The following installed ports are outdated:
 mercurial                      0.9.5_0 < 1.1.2_0
 grendel% port installed gperf
 The following ports are currently installed:
   gperf @3.0.3_0
 grendel% port outdated gperf
 No installed ports are outdated.
 grendel% port installed bzip2
 The following ports are currently installed:
   bzip2 @1.0.5_1
 grendel% port outdated bzip2
 No installed ports are outdated.
 grendel% port installed gettext
 The following ports are currently installed:
   gettext @0.17_4
 grendel% port outdated gettext
 No installed ports are outdated.
 grendel% port installed zlib
 The following ports are currently installed:
   zlib @1.2.3_2
 grendel% port outdated zlib
 No installed ports are outdated.
 grendel% port installed python25
 The following ports are currently installed:
   python25 @2.5.2_1+darwin_9
 grendel% port outdated python25
 The following installed ports are outdated:
 python25                       2.5.2_1 < 2.5.4_0
 grendel% port installed expat
 The following ports are currently installed:
   expat @2.0.1_0
 grendel% port outdated expat
 No installed ports are outdated.
 grendel% port installed libiconv
 The following ports are currently installed:
   libiconv @1.12_2
 grendel% port outdated libiconv
 No installed ports are outdated.
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18408>
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