port dependents SOLVED

[Jonathan Stickel]

On 6/30/10 07:47 , Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> On 6/30/10 01:34 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 14:50, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
>>
>>> The command "port dependents foo" is not working for me. For any
>>> port that has dependents, it returns that "foo depends on foo".
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> $ port version Version: 1.9.1 $ port deps python26 Library
>>> Dependencies: gettext, zlib, openssl, tk, sqlite3, db46, ncurses,
>>> gdbm, bzip2, readline $ port dependents zlib zlib depends on zlib
>>>
>>> For ports that do not have dependents, the command correctly states
>>> that there are no dependents.
>>>
>>> Any ideas what could be wrong with my macports
>>> installation/configuration and how to fix it?
>>
>> Hmm, I don't see that problem on my system.
>>
>> I'm using the sqlite registry. Did you upgrade to that as well, or
>> are you still using the old flat registry?
>>
>
> Yes, I converted over to the new sqlite registry. The problem persists
> for both ports that I have installed recently since the upgrade as well
> as ports I installed previously. When installing, upgrading, etc.,
> dependencies are handled properly; only the output of 'port dependents'
> is goofy.
>

SOLVED.

Since I am behind a firewall at work, I upgraded macports by downloading 
the source code, compiling it, and installing it.  Somehow that version 
caused the problem.  Since I have been able to reinstall via "port 
selfupdate" (outside the firewall), all seems to be back to normal.

Jonathan