Upgrade devel/py-setuptools

[Volodymyr Kostyrko]

2013-03-27 18:37, Loic Capdeville wrote:
>>>>> import sys; sys.__plen = len(sys.path)
>>>>> ../setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
>>>>> import sys; new=sys.path[sys.__plen:]; del sys.path[sys.__plen:];
>>>>> p=getattr(sys,'__egginsert',0); sys.path[p:p]=new; sys.__egginsert =
>>>>> p+len(new)
>>>>
>>>> Looks like py-distribute is not installed at all.
>>>>
>>>> what was the outcome of "portupgrade -fo devel/py-distribute
>>>> devel/py-setuptools"? Can you try running that again?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It hasn't printed anything since the first time I tried to run it...
>>> and still print nothing.
>>
>> So here is a main problem. If it prints nothing it doesn't work.
>>
>> Do you have portupgrade or portmaster installed? Did it yield at least
>> one line? Some errors? If it doesn't that's surely a sign that something
>> is going wrong.
>>
> I use portupgrade regularly to upgrade my ports, and usually everything
> goes right.
> If fails only with that particular operation (or these portupgrade options)
> Do I have to install "devel/py-distribute" separately, or should the
> "portupgrade -fo" command do everything itself (uninstall py-setuptools
> and install py-distribute) ?

This command should forcefully deintsall second package and replace it 
with first one. I'm not using portupgrade, I switched to portmaster long 
time ago so I can't help you with it.

If you want to make the switch by hand I think you should:

pkg_delete -f py27-setuptools-0.6c11_3
# now write down the whole list of dependent packages

cd /usr/ports/devel/py-distribute ; make install clean
portupgrade -f ..list of packages that require setuptools..

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