Macports, port upgarde and depenadncies definately flawed

[Yves de Champlain]

Le 07-07-25 à 06:03, Ryan Schmidt a écrit :

> On Jul 25, 2007, at 04:45, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
>
>> 	To add to the on-going discussion. I just did:
>> 		sudo port -f upgrade gnome-user-docs
>
> If you ever need to use -f to force an upgrade, you probably also  
> want to use -n to do it non-recursively. Otherwise you often get  
> unhelpful behavior.
>
>> 	I get the following output
>> 		Warning: Uninstall forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.
>> --->  Deactivating libart_lgpl 2.3.19_1
>> --->  Uninstalling libart_lgpl 2.3.19_1
>> --->  Installing libart_lgpl 2.3.19_1
>> --->  Activating libart_lgpl 2.3.19_1
>> --->  Cleaning libart_lgpl
>> --->  Fetching XFree86
>>
>> Error:
>>                     You have an Apple X11 installation already.
>>                         MacPorts will not overwrite it.
>>
>>                     If you really want to use XFree86 instead,
>>                         please move it aside first :
>>
>>                             sudo mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6.apple
>>
>> --->  Attempting to fetch XFree86-4.6.0-src-1.tgz from http://ftp- 
>> stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.xfree86.org/XFree86/4.6.0/ 
>> source/
>> --->  Attempting to fetch XFree86-4.6.0-src-2.tgz from http://ftp- 
>> stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.xfree86.org/XFree86/4.6.0/ 
>> source/
>> --->  Attempting to fetch XFree86-4.6.0-src-3.tgz from http://ftp- 
>> stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.xfree86.org/XFree86/4.6.0/ 
>> source/
>> --->  Attempting to fetch XFree86-4.6.0-src-4.tgz from http://ftp- 
>> stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.xfree86.org/XFree86/4.6.0/ 
>> source/
>> --->  Attempting to fetch XFree86-4.6.0-src-5.tgz from http://ftp- 
>> stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.xfree86.org/XFree86/4.6.0/ 
>> source/
>> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for XFree86
>> --->  Extracting XFree86
>> --->  Applying patches to XFree86
>> --->  Configuring XFree86
>> --->  Building XFree86 with target World
>>
>> 	Well if it sees I have X11 and I definately do not want to  
>> install why does it do it anyway ?
>> 	I guess I going to write my own perl script for upgrading,  
>> because it is ridiculous that port
>> 	wants to install things I do not want need screwing up my set up.
>
> This sounds more like a bug in the XFree86 port than a bug in  
> MacPorts proper. The port prints these messages telling you that  
> you probably don't want to install it, but then proceeds to install  
> it anyway. The port should return an error at this point rather  
> than proceeding.

That is right

I somehow thought ui_error included its own exit code,  I just fixed  
the Portfile

Of course, one might wonder what is more ridiculous between making an  
error and yelling like a child.

yves