I gave the command: ls -l /opt/local/bin/py* and the system replied:
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23 9 Jun 19:13 /opt/local/bin/pydoc@ -> > /opt/local/bin/pydoc2.7 > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23 9 Jun 17:19 /opt/local/bin/pydoc3@ -> > /opt/local/bin/pydoc3.5 > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 24 9 Jun 19:13 /opt/local/bin/python@ -> > /opt/local/bin/python2.7 > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 31 9 Jun 19:13 /opt/local/bin/python-config@ -> > /opt/local/bin/python2.7-config > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 24 9 Jun 17:19 /opt/local/bin/python3@ -> > /opt/local/bin/python3.5 > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 31 9 Jun 17:19 /opt/local/bin/python3-config@ -> > /opt/local/bin/python3.5-config > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25 9 Jun 17:19 /opt/local/bin/python3m@ -> > /opt/local/bin/python3.5m > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 32 9 Jun 17:19 /opt/local/bin/python3m-config@ -> > /opt/local/bin/python3.5m-config > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25 9 Jun 19:13 /opt/local/bin/pythonw@ -> > /opt/local/bin/pythonw2.7 > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25 9 Jun 17:19 /opt/local/bin/pyvenv@ -> > /opt/local/bin/pyvenv-3.5 You will see that none of the files on the righthand side of the arrow -> appears on any lefthand side. I tried “port provides” on both lefthand and righthand sides and received error messages from port such as > /opt/local/bin/pydoc2.7 does not exist. and > /opt/local/bin/pydoc is not provided by a MacPorts port. How do I get rid of the symbolic links, other than using /bin/rm, something I have been told never to do? How can I find all hanging links like this in /opt? Presumably there is a clever formula using unix find. I wonder what causes this kind of problem? I cannot remember any of my port processes terminating incorrectly. I have lately been uninstalling python-related ports, because I had too many different versions of python on my machine, and I was getting confused. David Epstein _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
