Opened 18 years ago
Last modified 16 years ago
#7361 closed defect
activation status of dependencies is not checked before installation — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | opendarwin.nospam@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | High | Milestone: | MacPorts 1.7.0 |
| Component: | base | Version: | |
| Keywords: | haspatch | Cc: | |
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Description
assuming i want to install port A that depends on port B. in case that port B is already installed but currently not activated for some reason, "port install portA" does not complain and begins to install port A nonetheless. the installation will most likely fail in the configure, or build phase because it cannot locate port B that it depends on.
this has bitten me several times by now and can be quite confusing, especially when a port is unintentionally inactive due to a prior installation/activation error.
i really would expect that darwinports moans when i try to install a port that has inactive dependencies. imho it should spit out a warning at least.
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