Failed dependency for subversion port

[david@…]

When attempting to install subversion 1.6.1 on Leopard, I encountered the following:

warning: no debug map in executable (-arch i386)
/bin/sh /usr/local/var/macports/build/_usr_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_subversion/work/subversion-1.6.0/libtool --tag=CC --silent --mode=compile /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -I/usr/local/include   -DDARWIN -DSIGPROCMASK_SETS_THREAD_MASK -no-cpp-precomp  -I/usr/local/include/apr-1   -I/usr/local/include/apr-1 -I/usr/local/include  -O2     -I./subversion/include -I./subversion -I/usr/local/include/apr-1   -I/usr/local/include/apr-1 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/neon -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/serf-0  -o subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/auth.lo -c subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/auth.c
In file included from subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/auth.c:23:
subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/ra_serf.h:40:2: error: #error Please update your version of serf to at least 0.3.0.
make: *** [subversion/libsvn_ra_serf/auth.lo] Error 1

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

In looking, I already had serf 0.2.0 installed for another port, and the subversion port did not correctly instruct port to upgrade serf as a part of the install process or prompt me to upgrade. I was able to upgrade serf manually and proceed with the install.

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

ports are never automatically upgraded before install.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

I'm inclined to dupe this to #126. It's specifically about variants rather than versions, but the mechanism for a fix would be mostly the same.

[danielluke (Daniel J. Luke)]

I think there is another base ticket for adding version-specific dependencies, so yes, this is a duplicate.

Basically - the current ports tree is at best self-consistent per sync.

So, if you do a port sync, the next thing should be port upgrade outdated.

[(none)]

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