ports installed as dependencies do not record variants in their statefile

[cerieljacobs@…]

Environment: 10.6.2
XCode: 3.2.1
MacPorts: 1.8.1
64-bit: yes (also optimizations set in macports conf)

When installing CouchDB, due to a build error in erlang, a message was spotted that erlang is not in the same variant:

[user@mac ~]$ sudo port install couchdb
<snip>
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: erlang icu spidermonkey nspr
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
[user@mac ~]$ sudo port -v install erlang                  (11-12-09 23:04)
Error: Requested variants "+darwin_10" do not match original selection "".
Please use the same variants again, perform 'port clean erlang' or specify the force option (-f).
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Isn't it better that dependencies of CouchDB are installed using the default applicable variants?

Now it looks like it is better to install erlang using variant darwin_10, but that is not done due to the fact that it is installed as dependancy of CouchDB.

[cerieljacobs@…]

Cc Me!

[cerieljacobs@…]

Cc Me!

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

It's not at all clear what the supposed bug is here. Could you break it down into steps to reproduce, expected result and actual result?

[cerieljacobs@…]

Expected result: That "port install couchdb" installs dependency 'erlang' with variant "darwin_10" as does the command "port install erlang" (without specifying any further options).

Actual result: "port install erlang" installs with variant "darwin_10" and "port install couchdb" installs the 'erlang' component with variant ""

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

I'm unable to reproduce that behaviour.

[cerieljacobs@…]

Some more details, maybe that helps:

Environment: intel core2duo processor

Non-default settings used in:
/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/port1.0/portconfigure.tcl

default configure.optflags {-fast}
default configure.march {nocona}
default configure.mtune {generic}

[cerieljacobs@…]

Steps to reproduce:

$ port uninstall erlang couchdb
$ port clean erlang couchdb
$ port install couchdb
--->  Computing dependencies for couchdb
--->  Fetching erlang
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for erlang
--->  Extracting erlang
--->  Applying patches to erlang
--->  Configuring erlang
--->  Building erlang
Error: xyz (see bug#22848)
$ port install erlang
Error: Requested variants "+darwin_10" do not match original selection "".
Please use the same variants again, perform 'port clean erlang' or specify the force option (-f).
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Let me know with what I could help debugging this issue.

[jabronson@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please remember to use WikiFormatting and preview your posts. I have attempted to correct your formatting in your posts above.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I am able to reproduce the issue with your recipe. I believe it's only an annoyance; I believe that if #22848 were resolved, erlang would have been correctly installed with its +darwin_10 variant. In debug mode, I see this either way:

DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_10 provides darwin_10

So I think it's just a bug in the mechanism used to determine if you've selected different variants: you haven't, but MacPorts incorrectly believes you have.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Fixed, r62194.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Merged to branch in r62195.