Avoiding the installation of dependencies

[Alec Resnick]

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Alright!  Thanks for the help.

Gratefully,
a.

> On Jul 17, 2007, at 18:51, Alec Resnick wrote:
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>> Hi!  I'm looking to install py-ipython, py-beautifulsoup, and
>> psycopg2.  I'm running python25 and postgresql82, but those ports
>> "require" python24 and postgresql81, despite the versions that
>> macports installs supporting python25 and postgresql82.  I was
>> wondering: is there a way to force a port to install, without
>> installing its dependents?  I know I could just compile this from
>> source, but I really like using macports. . .
>>
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> No, there's no way to install a port without its dependencies.
> Instead the ports should be fixed so they have the dependencies you
> want.
>
> py-ipython, py-beautifulsoup and py-psycopg2 require python24 because
> that is what ports whose names begin with "py-" do. Ports that depend
> on python25 have names that begin with "py25-". It was decided some
> time ago that since Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 are so different, there
> must be separate ports for Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 versions of each
> other port. Someone with knowledge of Python (which would not be me)
> would have to make copies of those ports and call them py25-ipython,
> py25-beautifulsoup and py25-psycopg2 and fix them up so that they
> work with Python 2.5.
>
> Only py-psycopg2 seems to require PostgreSQL. The port is maintained
> by Landon Fuller. You could ask him if it is possible to provide a
> postgresql82 variant for that port.
>
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