Dependency Problem of Upgrading Gnuplot: A Possible Bug

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 23, 2007, at 21:44, Xin Liu wrote:

> I've installed MacTex2007 and added /usr/texbin to $binpath in
> macports.conf. Then I've got no problem installing gnuplot, i.e. it
> does not try to install teTeX for me. However, if I invoke "sudo port
> upgrade gnuplot" (when the gnuplot is already the newest version), it
> starts to install teTeX. Why would it do this? Is there any problem in
> the implementation of the "upgrade" command, or did I miss anything in
> the configuration?

MacPorts is designed to use its own software, not any other software  
you may have installed elsewhere. See the FAQ:

http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/ 
FAQ#WhyisMacPortsusingitsownlibraries