[Bulk] Re: port mysteries

[Kevin Horton]

On 25 Feb 2007, at 09:34, Rainer Müller wrote:

> Kevin Horton wrote:
>> I'm a new MacPorts user, trying to make some sense of it all.  A  
>> couple
>> of things have me baffled:
>>
>> 1. Why does the output of "port list installed" show some  
>> duplication:
>>
>> % port list installed
>> db44                           @4.4.20         databases/db44
>> db44                           @4.4.20         databases/db44
> [...]
>
> Look at
> $ port installed db44
>
> I assume you will see 2 different versions of db44. I have seen this
> before, but I don't know if there is a reason why this is shown  
> incorrect.

Yes, it shows two different versions of the db44-4.4.20 package,  
which I assume means that the package was updated, and I upgraded to  
the new one.  The previous one is still installed, but not active.  I  
didn't understand the difference between installed and active before.

% port installed db44
The following ports are currently installed:
   db44 @4.4.20_0+darwin_8
   db44 @4.4.20_1+darwin_8 (active)

Things are more confusing with py-wxpython.  It has three entries if  
I do "port list installed":

py-wxpython                    @2.8.1.1        python/py-wxpython
py-wxpython                    @2.8.1.1        python/py-wxpython
py-wxpython                    @2.8.1.1        python/py-wxpython

All those entries show the same version.  But, "port installed py- 
wxpython" shows that the first one is actually a different version:

% port installed py-wxpython
The following ports are currently installed:
   py-wxpython @2.8.0.1_0
   py-wxpython @2.8.1.1_0
   py-wxpython @2.8.1.1_1 (active)

Bizarre.  It gives the impression that the version output from "port  
list installed" is not trustworthy.

Thanks for the explanations.

Kevin Horton
Ottawa, Canada