[MacPorts] #30311: After selfupdate to ports 2.0.0 I can no longer uninstall (unused) ports

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Wed Jul 27 02:56:20 PDT 2011


#30311: After selfupdate to ports 2.0.0 I can no longer uninstall (unused) ports
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  Reporter:  soehn@…       |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  reopened                             
  Priority:  Normal        |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  base          |     Version:  2.0.0                                
Resolution:                |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:                |  
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Comment(by jmr@…):

 Replying to [comment:16 soehn@…]:
 > {{{
 > sudo port -u uninstall
 > }}}
 >  to get rid of the dummies did not work properly. It stopped saying that
 perl5.8 cannot be uninstalled, bacause perl5 @5.12... depends on it.
 > Is it safe to use
 >
 > {{{
 > sudo port -f uninstall perl5.8
 > }}}
 >  in this case?

 That depends completely on the value of "..." (and what other perl ports
 are installed).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30311#comment:18>
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