sudo port upgrade installed

[Mark Hattam]

On 29 Nov 2008, at 16:14, Joshua Root wrote:

> Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 	Running sudo port upgrade installed, I got the following message:
>>
>> Error: cyrus-sasl2 will not build when another version is active.
>> Error: Please deactivate or uninstall cyrus-sasl2, and then install
>> Error: the new version with `sudo port install cyrus-sasl2`.
>> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: cyrus-sasl2 upgrade
>> failed
>> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>>
>> I interrupted the process, deactivated cyrus-sasl2, and restarted the
>> update installed.  The following resulted:
>>
>> --->  Activating cyrus-sasl2 2.1.21_0+kerberos
>> --->  Configuring cyrus-sasl2
>> Error: cyrus-sasl2 will not build when another version is active.
>> Error: Please deactivate or uninstall cyrus-sasl2, and then install
>> Error: the new version with `sudo port install cyrus-sasl2`.
>> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: cyrus-sasl2 upgrade
>> failed
>> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>
> You need to do exactly what the instructions say.

The instructions say "Please deactivate or ... "

But de-activating doesn't help, as it still fails to upgrade.

So you have to go the whole way and de-install it


>> The reactivation of cyrus-sasl2 by upgrade installed prior to
>> upgrading cyrus-sasl2 defeated the purpose of deactivating before
>> hand.  What I think should happen is that if cyrus-sasl2 requires
>> deactivation before upgrading the, script should deactivate and then
>> upgrade rather than have the user deactivate or uninstall.  The non-
>> automation of the process defeats the purpose of automating the
>> upgrade, especially when the deactivation is defeated by an  
>> activation.
>
> There are no port-specific upgrade scripts. The normal upgrade  
> procedure
> doesn't work for cyrus-sasl2, hence the instructions to do it  
> manually.
> Yes, this is a bug.
>
> - Josh

Mark