port info problem

[Federico Calboli]

On 9 Apr 2013, at 12:02, Aljaž Srebrnič <g5pw at macports.org> wrote:

> Hello!
> well, that is because in your variants.conf you have disabled x11 (-x11), but the default variants of R-framework specifies +cairo, which requires +x11.

I know what variants I have disabled, and I do not want to change them.  All I am trying to do is to get some info about a port, and I am gobsmacked my ability to get info about a port is tied to my variants choices.  


> So, the way to solve this is:
> 
> - Enable cairo only if +x11 is requested
> - Remove cairo from default_variants
> 
> either of the options are to be implemented by the maintainer. You should open a ticket at http://trac.macports.org and Cc the maintainer.
> 
> In the meantime, you can check out the port information by entering:
> 
> $ port info R-framework -cairo

Thanks, that kind of does it, but port info should be variant independent -- it's just damn info after all!

BW

F


> 
> 
> On 09/apr/2013, at 12:08, Federico Calboli <f.calboli at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> I was checking (out of academic curiosity) the port for R.
>> 
>> :~$ port info R
>> R @2.15.3 (math, science)
>> Variants:             aqua, debug, gcc43, gcc44, gcc45, gcc46, [+]gcc47, [+]recommended
>> 
>> Description:          R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear
>>                     and nonlinear modeling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, ...) and graphical
>>                     techniques, and is highly extensible.
>> Homepage:             http://www.r-project.org/
>> 
>> Build Dependencies:   pkgconfig
>> Library Dependencies: gettext, icu, glib2, jpeg, libiconv, cairo, pango, readline, tcl, tk, tiff, xorg-libXmu, xorg-libXScrnSaver, gcc47
>> Conflicts with:       R-framework
>> Platforms:            darwin
>> License:              GPL-2 GPL-3
>> Maintainers:          kjell.konis at me.com
>> 
>> I was curious to know more about R-framework, due to the conflict with R, so I tried
>> 
>> :~$ port info R-framework
>> Error: Inconsistent variant specification: R-framework variant +x11 is required by at least one of +cairo +accelerate +gcc47 +recommended, but specified -x11
>> Error: Unable to open port: Error evaluating variants
>> 
>> WTF?  I might not be interested installing a port (in fact I do not install R through macports in the first place), but why can't I get info about it if I want?  The fact I do not want macports to install x11 has nothing to do with my ability to read info about a port.
>> 
>> Bizarre.
>> 
>> BW
>> 
>> F
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