transfig @3.2.5e_1: port upgrade outdated fails

[togaen]

I have installed Octave, which depends on transfig. When I try to run sudo port upgrade outdated I get the following:

$ sudo port upgrade outdated
--->  transfig is replaced by fig2dev
--->  Computing dependencies for fig2dev
Error: Can't install fig2dev because conflicting ports are active: transfig
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.

See attached console log for more info.

[togaen]

console output

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

As a quick workaround:

sudo port uninstall transfig

sudo port install fig2dev

sudo port upgrade outdated

[togaen]

Thanks. Will that affect Octave at all? In other words, will that workaround affect packages that depend on transfig?

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

this should be fixed - try to sync again

[roumbaba]

Still cannot install octave:

On the exact same error ("Can't install fig2dev because conflicting ports are active: transfig"), I actually deactivated transfig and went on with my port upgrade outdated. Most port got updated but not octave. At some point I think I had to reactivate transfig.

now when I do port install octave, port warns that it will install transfig. Upon continuation, transfig install fails because it is an outdated port and should be replaced by fig2dev. (see attached file consoleOut1.txt)

I haev tried uninstalling fig2dev, octave transfig, and clean everything. Even did the following:

sudo port -f clean --all all sudo port -f uninstall inactive

no luck. port install octave still wants to install transfig. I thinkmacport remembers my last variant of octave and thiks it needs transfig?

Any idea what I could do? I resynced of course (port selfupdate) but still no luck

[togaen]

@kurthindenburg: yes, it's working now for me after a sudo port selfupdate. Thanks.

[roumbaba]

I modified octave's Portfile on my computer and put fig2dev instead of transfig as a runtime dependency. That did the trick and octave is now installed and works. Is there anything I should be worried about in the future (problems caused down the line) because I manually did the Portfile modification?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to roumbaba:

Is there anything I should be worried about in the future (problems caused down the line) because I manually did the Portfile modification?

No, that's fine.