Uninstall non-active packages

[Bart Masschelein]

On 07 Dec 2008, at 23:32, Joshua Root wrote:

> Bart Masschelein wrote:
>> Hi Ryan,
>>
>> Not so sweet as you mention ;-). I get
>>
>> --->  Unable to uninstall perl5 5.8.8_0+darwin_9, the following ports
>> depend on it:
>> --->      autoconf
>> --->      automake
>> Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that  
>> depend on
>> perl5 first.
>>
>> I have 5.8.8_3 installed, which is the active one. When I use the -f
>> option, I get:
>>
>> --->  Unable to uninstall perl5 5.8.8_0+darwin_9, the following ports
>> depend on it:
>> --->      autoconf
>> --->      automake
>> Warning: Uninstall forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.
>
> This is due to the recent creation of a perl5 port, which installs the
> same files as perl5.8, so only one can be active at a time. Some ports
> depend on perl5.8, some on perl5, so the dependency error is most  
> likely
> correct.

So what I have done could potentially create problems, unless 'the  
same files' are as well in the same location, and the involved ports  
find their way?

Bart