> On Feb 6, 2024, at 21:01, Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm puzzling over some weird "port reclaim" behaviour on one machine. On
>> the problematic machine, I installed py-matplotlib, which correctly
>> installed py312-matplotlib. But, if I run "port reclaim", it wants to
>> uninstall py312-matplotlib as a "Unrequested ports without requested
>> dependents found".
>>
>> Then the script that I have that needs py-matplotlib fails. I know I could
>> request py312-matplotlib, but that then leads to a bit more work cleaning
>> things up when I move to python313.
>>
>> On the second machine, everthing works as expected.
>>
>> Is there something I can do to rebuild the registry, assuming this is the
>> problem?
>
> Possibly you had previously installed py-matplotlib when an older python
> version was the default? In any case, running 'sudo port upgrade
> py-matplotlib' will refresh its registry data.
>
> - Josh
Thanks for the suggestion. But, a few minutes before I received it, I decided
to take the nuclear option. I did a similar process as is done during a
migration to a new macOS, saving lists of installed and requested ports,
uninstalling all, etc. That seems to have put things right.
Kevin
