py-astropy: fitscheck script conflicts with py-pyfits

[cdeil (Christoph Deil)]

During the update from Astropy 0.4 to 1.0 I got this error:

--->  Activating py27-astropy @1.0_0
Error: org.macports.activate for port py27-astropy returned: Image error: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/fitscheck is being used by the active py27-pyfits port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate py27-astropy' to force the activation.
--->  Activating py34-astropy @1.0_0
Error: org.macports.activate for port py34-astropy returned: Image error: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/fitscheck is being used by the active py34-pyfits port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate py34-astropy' to force the activation.

I didn't even know I had pyfits installed ... the reason is that py-montage still uses it:

$ port dependents py27-pyfits
py27-montage depends on py27-pyfits

[robitaille@…]

I haven't fixed this yet, but in the mean time I updated the py-montage port to no longer depend on pyfits in r133178.

The issue with the scripts is that I had to change the Portfile for astropy to rename the scripts in the post-destroot, but I guess that by that point it is too late. The scripts can no longer be renamed in the package because we use the entry_points functionality of distutils. One solution would be to patch the setup.py file to rename the entry points there. Does anyone else have any ideas/suggestions?

[cdeil (Christoph Deil)]

Is it possible to get rid of pyfits in Macports completely in the near future?

I guess it's still maintained, but I don't see the point of having it available to astropy.io.fits for years in parallel.

[robitaille@…]

Yes, that would be good. I am not familiar with how to deprecate packages, but I will look into it.

[lpsinger (Leo Singer)]

We could have one of the two packages move its fitscheck script into /opt/local/libexec/pyNN-astropy or /opt/local/libexec/pyNN-pyfits.

[petrrr]

Cc Me!

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Cc Me!

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

py-pyfits has been replaced by py-astropy