Re: MacPorts 2.6.2: Failed to configure postgresql83

[Michael Newman via macports-users]

> On Oct 22, 2019, at 13:45, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
> 
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> 
> On Oct 22, 2019, at 00:50, Michael Newman wrote:
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>>> On Oct 22, 2019, at 12:26, Wahlstedt Jyrki wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Michael Newman kirjoitti 22.10.2019 kello 7.19:
>>>> 
>>>> I have no idea. I don’t even know what it is. It must have been installed 
>>>> by some other port that I requested.
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> can you find out, what it was you requested. I looked at the port 
>>> collection and found some that are not actively maintained at the moment 
>>> depending on too old versions of postgres. If you can find that, I can try 
>>> to update that port. Then, it will take a few moments, especially if the 
>>> port is otherwise outdated.
>> 
>> How would I find out? I got this error message for the first time after 
>> updating to the most recent MacPorts release. I haven’t installed anything 
>> new in quite some time. 
> 
> PostgreSQL is a database server. If you don't think you need it (or any 
> port), try uninstalling it. ("sudo port uninstall postgresql83"). MacPorts 
> will either let you uninstall it, or it will tell that uninstalling it will 
> break some other port. If it does the latter, look at the variants of the 
> other port ("port variants theOtherPortsName") and see if there is a variant 
> for using a newer postgresql instead. If so, reinstall the port using that 
> other variant. ("sudo port install theOtherPortsName +postgresql12" for 
> example.) If not, let us know what the other port is.

Did I do the right thing?

MrMuscle:~ mnewman$ sudo port uninstall postgresql83
Password:
The following versions of postgresql83 are currently installed:
 1) postgresql83 @8.3.23_2
 2) postgresql83 @8.3.23_3 (active)
Enter option(s) [1-2/all]: all
--->  Uninstalling postgresql83 @8.3.23_2
Note: It is not recommended to uninstall/deactivate a port that has dependents 
as it breaks the dependents.
The following ports will break: postgresql83-server @8.3.23_0
Continue? [y/N]: y
Warning: Uninstall forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.
--->  Deactivating postgresql83 @8.3.23_3
--->  Cleaning postgresql83
--->  Uninstalling postgresql83 @8.3.23_3