[MacPorts] #58161: portname not treated as exact name in `port echo depends:portname`
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#58161: portname not treated as exact name in `port echo depends:portname`
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Reporter: chrstphrchvz | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: base | Version: 2.5.4
Keywords: | Port:
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Following up from https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/3316:
Prior to the deletion of `py-dns`, using `port echo depends:py-dns` output
not only the dependencies of `py-dns` but also those of `py-dnspython`, a
completely separate port, leading to some confusion. Effectively what
happened was that `port echo` found the dependencies of any port with a
name containing `py-dns`, which included `py-dnspython`.
At a minimum, I believe this behavior is inconsistent with the documented
usage of `port echo depends:portname` in the guide where `portname` is a
single port's exact name rather than a pattern of some sort
(https://guide.macports.org/#using.port.dependents and
https://guide.macports.org/#using.common-tasks.finddepending).
Maybe there are other commands that do not treat `portname` as something
to match exactly, but this is the only one I'm aware of.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/58161>
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