[MacPorts] #62461: When a port is activated as a dependency of another port, the wrong version is used

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#62461: When a port is activated as a dependency of another port, the wrong version
is used
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  Reporter:  ryandesign  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  base        |    Version:  2.6.99
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:              |
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Changes (by ryandesign):

 * cc: jmroot (added)


Comment:

 Looks like this got fixed in [d2d987eb4d8daa9192fe621c013dcbb2d2450499
 /macports-base] (thanks, Josh):

 {{{
 $ sudo port -f deact python39 paracode
 --->  Deactivating paracode @2.8_1
 --->  Cleaning paracode
 --->  Unable to deactivate python39 @3.9.2_1+universal, the following
 ports depend on it:
 [snip]
 Warning: Deactivate forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.
 --->  Deactivating python39 @3.9.2_1+universal
 --->  Cleaning python39
 }}}
 {{{
 $ sudo port act paracode
 --->  Computing dependencies for paracode
 --->  Dependencies to be installed: python39
 Portfile changed since last build; discarding previous state.
 --->  Fetching archive for python39
 --->  Attempting to fetch python39-3.9.2_1.darwin_17.x86_64.tbz2 from
 https://packages.macports.org/python39
 --->  Attempting to fetch python39-3.9.2_1.darwin_17.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160
 from https://packages.macports.org/python39
 --->  Installing python39 @3.9.2_1
 --->  Activating python39 @3.9.2_1
 --->  Cleaning python39
 --->  Activating paracode @2.8_1
 --->  Cleaning paracode
 --->  Some of the ports you installed have notes:
   python39 has the following notes:
     To make this the default Python or Python 3 (i.e., the version run by
 the 'python' or 'python3' commands), run one or both of:

         sudo port select --set python python39
         sudo port select --set python3 python39
 }}}
 However is is still odd that it picked the non-universal python39 to
 download rather than using the universal one I already had installed,
 especially since +universal is in my variants.conf.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62461#comment:1>
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