question about upgrading port (getting errors)

[Jyrki Wahlstedt]

On 2.6.2007, at 20.49, Evan Burrows wrote:

> Here are the dependencies for php5 on my machine:
>
> php5 has library dependencies on:
>        libxml2
>        libxslt
>        openssl
>        zlib
>        libiconv
>        expat
>        gettext
>        tiff
>        mhash
>        libmcrypt
>        curl
>        pcre
>        jpeg
>        libpng
>        freetype
>
> When i originally tried installing php5 again it required a higher  
> version
> of pcre than i had.  so I deactivated the old version and installed  
> the new
> version:
> The following ports are currently installed:
>  pcre @4.5_0 (active)
>  pcre @7.1_1+utf8
>
>
>
> But I can't see to deactivate the 4.5_0 version because i get the  
> error i
> stated earlier.  I did a selfupdate yesterday and again this  
> morning before
> trying to uninstall and install php5 but still had the same  
> problems.  Like
> I said earlier I have been able to install other ports so it isn't  
> like my
> whole macports installation is busted.  Just php5 is giving me an  
> issue
> right now.
>
Hi,
looking at this, I'd suggest the following: 'port -f uninstall pcre  
@4.5_0' followed by 'port activate pcre @7.1_1+utf8'. Good that other  
ports behave well!

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