gnumeric 1.10.17_4 has ispell/aspell conflict

[beany_kelly@…]

My attempt to "port upgrade outdated" just failed for the gnumeric package. Here's the screen output:

$ sudo port upgrade gnumeric

dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/sudo) is setuid or setgid

--->  Computing dependencies for aspell
Error: Unable to exec port: Can't install aspell because conflicting ports are installed: ispell

This looks similar to reported bug #31722, but I do *not* have enchant installed on my system. The diff from the port upgrade for gnumeric only shows that "goffice" being replaced by "goffice08", but "goffice08" apparently installed without problems.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

This looks similar to reported bug #31722, but I do *not* have enchant installed on my system.

Enchant is now getting pulled in as a recursive dependency via yelp:

Local-Admins-MacBook-Pro:~ root# port rdeps gnumeric
The following ports are dependencies of gnumeric @1.10.17_4+python27+universal:
...
  yelp
...
    webkit-gtk
...
      enchant
        aspell

The diff from the port upgrade for gnumeric only shows that "goffice" being replaced by "goffice08", but "goffice08" apparently installed without problems.

I assume you're talking about r108290 when you mention the "diff". However, its dependency, yelp, is what has changed here, by now depending on webkit-gtk: r107296

What version are all of your relevant installed ports here? You can find this with the following:

port installed gnumeric
port installed yelp
port installed webkit-gtk
port installed ispell

(I'd include Enchant, but you said you didn't have that installed, so I'll trust you on that...)

[beany_kelly@…]

Hi. Sorry for the incomplete version info before. For reference, my machine is a 2009 Macbook Pro, running 10.8.4. Having just done a selfupdate, I'm on Macports 2.2.0. As for the specific ports you queried above,

$ port installed gnumeric
The following ports are currently installed:
  gnumeric @1.10.17_2+python27
  gnumeric @1.10.17_3+python27 (active)

$ port installed yelp
None of the specified ports are installed.

$ port installed webkit-gtk
None of the specified ports are installed.

$ port installed ispell
The following ports are currently installed:
  ispell @3.3.02_2 (active)

$ port installed enchant
None of the specified ports are installed.

That is, none of enchant, yelp, or webkit-gtk are (apparently installed on my system). So it's a bit more indirect than that ...

ETA: I can see now from "port deps gnumeric" that yelp is a runtime (rather than build) dependency of gnumeric. Is it possible that yelp only became a dependency with the current version of gnumeric (1.10.17_4)?

[c.herbig@…]

Replying to beany_kelly@…:

ETA: I can see now from "port deps gnumeric" that yelp is a runtime (rather than build) dependency of gnumeric. Is it possible that yelp only became a dependency with the current version of gnumeric (1.10.17_4)?

Yes. You can remove that line from the portfile if you wish (you just won't be able to use the built in help). Yelp depends on webkit-gtk, which depends on a lot of other things, enchant being one.

[beany_kelly@…]

Replying to c.herbig@…:

Replying to beany_kelly@…:

ETA: I can see now from "port deps gnumeric" that yelp is a runtime (rather than build) dependency of gnumeric. Is it possible that yelp only became a dependency with the current version of gnumeric (1.10.17_4)?

Yes. You can remove that line from the portfile if you wish (you just won't be able to use the built in help). Yelp depends on webkit-gtk, which depends on a lot of other things, enchant being one.

I don't know how to edit portfiles in this manner. It sounds a bit messy.

Or actually, since you're already at 1.10.17_3, there really isn't a need to even upgrade it to 1.10.17_4

Ah, but that spoils the simplicity of the "port upgrade outdated" maintenance paradigm. If I want to *avoid* upgrading just this one package, I have to do all the later (alphabetically) port upgrades by hand.

In fact, my temporary solution has been to uninstall gnumeric altogether. I don't remember why I needed it in the first case, and this is too much hassle. I'm CCed on the "make aspell optional in enchant" ticket (#39592).

[c.herbig@…]

Replying to beany_kelly@…:

Ah, but that spoils the simplicity of the "port upgrade outdated" maintenance paradigm. If I want to *avoid* upgrading just this one package, I have to do all the later (alphabetically) port upgrades by hand.

True, it's not a long term solution, but I don't know what else to recommend at the moment.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to beany_kelly@…:

I don't know how to edit portfiles in this manner. It sounds a bit messy.

To edit the gnumeric portfile in your favorite editor (as indicated by the EDITOR environment variable), run:

sudo port edit gnumeric

Ah, but that spoils the simplicity of the "port upgrade outdated" maintenance paradigm. If I want to *avoid* upgrading just this one package, I have to do all the later (alphabetically) port upgrades by hand.

You could run:

sudo port upgrade outdated and not gnumeric

[c.herbig@…]

Since the bug is actually #39592, is it alright to close this ticket now?