[MacPorts] #33582: cannot install p5.12-xml-simple

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#33582: cannot install p5.12-xml-simple
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  Reporter:  al_cohen@…            |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  defect                |      Status:  reopened                             
  Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  ports                 |     Version:  2.0.4                                
Resolution:                        |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:  p5.12-xml-sax         |  
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Comment(by richard.jw.roberts@…):

 Replying to [comment:4 al_cohen@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:3 dports@…]:
 > > Huh, that's interesting. I thought I fixed that.
 > >
 > > What does `port -v installed 'p5*-xml-sax*'` list?
 >
 > % port -v installed 'p5*-xml-sax*'
 > The following ports are currently installed:
 >   p5-xml-sax @0.96_1 (active) platform='darwin 10' archs='noarch'
 >   p5-xml-sax-expat @0.40_1 (active) platform='darwin 10' archs='noarch'
 >   p5.12-xml-sax-base @1.80.0_0 platform='darwin 10' archs='x86_64'
 > %
 Hello, I ran into this same problem (the 2nd problem in the comments here,
 not the original one the bug report was about) when trying to do a 'port
 upgrade outdated', and I think I found a workaround.  It seems to be
 caused by old inactive ports.  Here is what happened:  I ran 'port
 uninstall inactive', which eventually failed due to needing to remove
 dependencies.  I went ahead and manually removed the dependency it was
 asking for, which boiled down to 'icon-naming-utils', however, that
 package was causing old versions of p5-xml stuff (specifically p5-xml-
 sax at 0.96_2 p5-xml-sax-expat at 0.40_2 p5-xml-simple at 2.18_1) not to be
 removed.  After manually uninstalling 'icon-naming-utils', and those three
 p5-xml-sax packages at those particular versions, I re-ran 'port uninstall
 inactive', which this time completed successfully.  I'm now able to run
 'port upgrade outdated' successfully, which did install 'p5.12-xml-simple'
 and several other related packages.  In hindsight, perhaps 'port uninstall
 inactive' was not necessary - i.e. perhaps it was only necessary to
 uninstall the icon-naming-utils package (and perhaps the old p5-xml
 packages).  Nonetheless the uninstall inactive freed up a lot of disk
 space :-)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33582#comment:7>
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