Doubly Active PHP

[Chris Jones]

>> Is the above list to be expected?
>> Why do I have 2 php8* ports?
>> Should I do anything at all?
> 
> There are really only two reasons a port is installed:
> 
> 1. Someone ran 'port install' to install that specific port, or
> 
> 2. Some other port depends on it.
> 
> You can check whether any other installed port needs a given port with 
> 'port dependents', e.g. 'port dependents php82-gd'. If a port has no 
> dependents and you don't need it for any other reason, it's fine to 
> uninstall it. See 
> <https://guide.macports.org/#using.common-tasks.finddepending> for more 
> info.

another way to look at things is first run

 > port installed requested

that will list the ports you actively requested to be installed. If 
there is anything there you feel you don't want to have as a requested 
port, flag it as unrequested with

 > sudo port setunrequested <portname>

note, this does not uninstall anything in itself.

Next run

 > sudo port reclaim

and follow the instructions. This will prompt you to uninstall any ports 
that are *both* no longer requested and also not in the deps tree of any 
requested port.