gnupg doesn't install when coreutils and gettext are installed

[mmoll@…]

I reinstalled all my packages after cvs updating to the Port Images on July 3. There seems to be a conflict between gnupg on the one hand and coreutils & gettext on the other. Specifically, the files / opt/local/lib/charset.alias and /opt/local/share/info/dir seem to cause problems as evidenced by the following series of commands:

# port install gnupg ---> Activating gnupg 1.2.4_0 Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/lib/charset.alias is being used by the active coreutils port. Please deactivate this port first. root# port deactivate coreutils ---> Deactivating coreutils root# port install gnupg ---> Activating gnupg 1.2.4_0 Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/share/info/dir is being used by the active gettext port. Please deactivate this port first. root# port deactivate gettext ---> Deactivating gettext root# port install gnupg ---> Activating gnupg 1.2.4_0 root# port activate gettext ---> Activating gettext port activate failed: Image error: /opt/local/share/info/dir is being used by the active gnupg port. Please deactivate this port first. root# port activate coreutils ---> Activating coreutils port activate failed: Image error: /opt/local/lib/charset.alias is being used by the active gnupg port. Please deactivate this port first.

[jbc@…]

From Will's posts on the list, this seems to be a known bug with Port Images at the moment. The prescribed way to install both at present is to use the -f (force) option with activate.

sudo port -f activate getext

This will leave multiple renamed copies of /opt/local/lib/charset.alias in your directory (I currently have five), but everything seems to work fine. This issue is apparently being worked on.

[olegb@…]

This is *NOT* a bug - this is that expected behavior. Though we can discuss if this is elegant or not, thats another issue.