On May 16, 2016, at 6:27 AM, Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> wrote: > Murray Eisenberg wrote: >> Currently installed and active is: >> >> octave @3.8.2_18+atlas+gcc48+glgui >> >> This is flagged as having available upgrade to 4.0.2_0, so I executed... >> >> sudo port upgrade octave >> >> …which generated the error: >> >> Error: org.macports.fetch for port octave returned: must set at least >> one Fortran variant >> >> Presumably I want to add fortran >> >> Is there some form of the upgrade command to do that? >> >> Or do I simply have to do a new install: >> >> sudo port install octave @4.0.2_0+atlas+gcc48+glgui+gfortran > > I think you want to do: > > sudo port upgrade octave +gfortran > > which will add gfortran to the currently installed set of variants while > upgrading. > > Having to manually intervene during an upgrade like this is of course poor > UX. The problem here is that the gcc48 variant (actually all of gcc44, gcc45, > gcc46, gcc47, gcc48, gcc49) was removed rather than sticking around as a > "legacy compatibility variant" that just causes a mandatory replacement > variant (presumably +gfortran here) to be selected. > > - Josh
I just had the same problem (again!). When I do sudo port upgrade octave +gfortran As Josh suggests, I get Error: fftw-3: Variant gcc48 conflicts with gfortran Error: Unable to open port: Error evaluating variants Now what? Jerry _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
