_select ports no longer provide _select binary

[hansimglueck@…]

Hi MacPorties,

I'm wondering about a strange bug. I have installed scipy, matplotlib and other scientific stuff. My commands were:

sudo port install py26-wxpython py26-numpy py26-matplotlib
sudo port install py26-scipy py26-ipyhton

yea, right to this point everything works fine and after a few hours its done...

I started ipython and everything works fine too.

But in standard python i did not work ... i figured out that i use the apple python version:

hans: hans$ python
Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Aug 2 2010, 20:10:18)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin

so i started:

hans: hans§ python2.6
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, May 15 2011, 15:57:09)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666)] on darwin

and yea it works fine.... ok so i checked my python_select installation from macports:

hans: hans§ port installed | grep python_select
ipython_select @0.1.0 (active)
python_select @0.3_1 (active)

but when i type:

hans: hans$ sudo python_select python2.6
sudo: python_select: command not found

So port says python_select is fine but the command does not work? any hints? i already tried selfupdate, upgrade outdated and clean --all python_select.... greets hans

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

"python_select" (and other standalone *_select scripts) is gone. Use "sudo port select python python26" etc.

[hansimglueck@…]

great that works fine... thanks

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #29616.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #29720 (about gcc_select, but it's the same issue).

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

It was also ​reported on the mailing list, where it was suggested that a "_select" binary should have been left behind, with the sole purpose of printing an error message advising the user how to use "port select". This seems like a great idea, and would avoid these many tickets being filed and users being confused.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This problem ​came up on the list again.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #30063.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #32389.

[beany_kelly@…]

I'm using a MBP with OS X 10.6.8 and macports 2.0.4

I'm having the problem above when trying to select an earlier installation of gcc:

(1) gcc_select is installed on my system;

(2) gcc_select is *not* an executable;

(3) nevertheless, I *can't* uninstall gcc_select, because my gcc4* installations depend on it;

(4) the "approved" way of selecting -- "sudo port select gcc gcc45" -- doesn't work either:

Selecting 'gcc45' for 'gcc' failed: The specified version 'gcc45' is not valid.

So how do I now select gcc45 without uninstalling all my other gcc versions?

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

Replying to beany_kelly@…:

(4) the "approved" way of selecting -- "sudo port select gcc gcc45" -- doesn't work either:

Selecting 'gcc45' for 'gcc' failed: The specified version 'gcc45' is not valid.

You should check port select --list gcc first. You want to run port select gcc mp-gcc45.

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

This has been pending for a long time. Closing as the *_select scripts are not coming back.