upgrade outdated fails (due to atlas upgrade problem) on OSX 10.6.8

[joel@…]

I ran sudo port upgrade outdated. atlas was the first upgrade and at first it failed at the "---> Building Atlas" step. Following the instructions in the Ticket Guidelines, I tried "sudo port clean atlas" and then tried to "upgrade outdated" again. It failed again (log file attached).

Following the instructions in the Ticket Guidelines again, I tried to uninstall atlas, intending to reinstall it. I tried "sudo port uninstall atlas", but got an error asking me to specify the full version. After typing "sudo port installed atlas" I then tried "sudo port uninstall atlas @3.9.47_0+gcc44". I received the following error message:

"--->  Unable to uninstall atlas @3.9.47_0+gcc44, the following ports depend on it:
--->  	py26-numpy @1.6.0_0+atlas+gcc44"

Ticket #34712 seems to be about a similar problem and it says the problem was fixed, but I seem to be having the same problem.

I'm not sure what to do next. I can't uninstall and reinstall atlas, and I haven't found another way to get the port upgrade to work. I'm filing a ticket here because it seems to be a bug. Or, at least after following the steps in the ticket posting guidelines, I haven't been able to rule out this being a bug.

[joel@…]

log file of "sudo port upgrade outdated" failure

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please use WikiFormatting and Cc the port maintainer(s).

[joel@…]

Replying to macsforever2000@…:

In the future, please use WikiFormatting and Cc the port maintainer(s).

Didn't realize I was supposed to use "WickiFormatting", but I will in future.

In terms of cc'ing port maintainer(s), is there a list of them somewhere?

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Replying to joel@…:

Replying to macsforever2000@…:

In the future, please use WikiFormatting and Cc the port maintainer(s).

Didn't realize I was supposed to use "WickiFormatting", but I will in future.

It's clearly linked when creating the ticket.

In terms of cc'ing port maintainer(s), is there a list of them somewhere?

port info atlas

or more specifically:

port info --maintainers atlas

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Replying to macsforever2000@…:

Replying to joel@…:

Replying to macsforever2000@…:

In the future, please use WikiFormatting and Cc the port maintainer(s).

Didn't realize I was supposed to use "WickiFormatting", but I will in future.

It's clearly linked when creating the ticket.

Considering he's not the first person to make this very common mistake, perhaps the linking could be made clearer? See also #38095

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

#39065 looks very similar to this, although I can’t confidently judge whether it’s a duplicate.

[joel@…]

#39065 states "As an immediate workaround, you can rebuild atlas with the +clang33 option, which should work fine."

I'd like to try this, but I'm not sure what command I should run. I tried "sudo port upgrade atlas +clang33", but got an error. Before I risk mucking anything else up, I thought I'd ask how to rebuild atlas correctly.

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Replying to joel@…:

#39065 states "As an immediate workaround, you can rebuild atlas with the +clang33 option, which should work fine."

I'd like to try this, but I'm not sure what command I should run. I tried "sudo port upgrade atlas +clang33", but got an error. Before I risk mucking anything else up, I thought I'd ask how to rebuild atlas correctly.

sudo port -n upgrade --force --enforce-variants atlas +clang33

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

You might have to clean it first. Also it is easier to simply install it. Note the correct name of the variant.

sudo port clean atlas
sudo port install atlas +mpclang33

[Veence (Vincent)]

This should normally have been fixed. Reopen if necessary.