Re: Problem when executing “port uninstall inactive” related to py21-distribute …

[Jeremy Lavergne]

This is likely due to the switch between setuptools and distribute.

On Jul 25, 2013, at 4:31 AM, William Gallafent wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> First, thanks to the developers for the 2.2.0 release!
> 
> Secondly, here's a problem which I've been hitting for a while. As part of some housekeeping, I periodically execute the command:
> 
> $ sudo port uninstall inactive
> 
> … so that superseded ports which are installed on my system are removed.
> 
> Recently, though, the result has been:
> 
> Humber:~ williamg$ sudo port uninstall inactive
> --->  Unable to uninstall py27-distribute @0.6.45_0, the following ports depend on it:
> --->      py27-nose @1.2.1_1
> Error: org.macports.uninstall for port py27-distribute returned: Please uninstall the ports that depend on py27-distribute first.
> Please see the log file for port py27-distribute for details:
>     /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_py27-distribute_0.6.45_0/py27-distribute/main.log
> Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for py27-distribute @0.6.45_0
> --->  Unable to uninstall py27-distribute @0.6.45_0, the following ports depend on it:
> --->      py27-nose @1.2.1_1
> Error: port uninstall failed: Please uninstall the ports that depend on py27-distribute first.
> 
> … this seems very strange to me. A tiny amount of further investigation reveals:
> 
> Humber:~ williamg$ port installed py27-distribute
> The following ports are currently installed:
>   py27-distribute @0.6.45_0
> Humber:~ williamg$ port installed py27-nose
> The following ports are currently installed:
>   py27-nose @1.2.1_1 (active)
> 
> … how can an active port depend on an inactive one? py27-nose is depended on by a py27-numpy, also active, and so on, … so there's a chain of active ports which ends in this inactive py27-distribute!
> 
> Any ideas, anyone? I couldn't see any tickets open for py27-distribute or py27-nose, so I'm a bit stuck for now.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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