Those instructions say that if the older versions have been uninstalled — which I did do — then to start by searching in the repositiry — which I did. But I don’t see any History item for that port.
> On 5 Dec2020, at 6:40 PM, David Strubbe <dstru...@macports.org> wrote: > > Have you tried following the instructions in the link I sent? > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 9:58 AM Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com > <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I found macports.macports-ports/devel/bison/Portfile, but I see nowhere to > select a History so as to reveal older versions. > >> On 3 Dec2020, at 5:47 PM, David Strubbe <dstru...@macports.org >> <mailto:dstru...@macports.org>> wrote: >> >> See https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort >> <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 2:45 PM Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >> <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> The only bison ports I find listed at ports.macports.org >> <http://ports.macports.org/> are 3.74_0 (which is what I currently have >> installed). And “port info bison” shows ust that same version. >> >> How do I find an earlier version? >> >>> On 3 Dec2020, at 5:33 PM, David Strubbe <dstru...@macports.org >>> <mailto:dstru...@macports.org>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 2:24 PM Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> Do I need to uninstall the newer versions of bison? or will the build of >>> openscad automatically use the older one once that has been installed? >>> >>> You can only have one version active at at time, like with any port. >>> >>> >>> I note that other ports I’ve installed, namely, gstreamer1, kdelibs4, >>> p5.28-config-autoconfig, and webkit2-gtk all depend on bision. So will they >>> break if I need to uninstall the newer bison? >>> >>> Probably they will not break. But anyway for openscad bison is only used at >>> build time so after installation, you can re-activate the newer version of >>> bison. >>> >>>> On 3 Dec2020, at 5:09 PM, David Strubbe <dstru...@macports.org >>>> <mailto:dstru...@macports.org>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Murray, >>>> >>>> Please look at this ticket: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61055 >>>> <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61055>. Try the older bison version as >>>> listed. >>>> >>>> The other ticket is talking about whether software should be updated in >>>> MacPorts, which is not offering advice aimed at users. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 2:04 PM Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> How do I follow the recommendation from trac.macports.org >>>> <http://trac.macports.org/> ticket #61055 about "updating openscad to a >>>> newer version first; maybe upstream has already fixed it", pointng to >>>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61056 >>>> <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61056>, when I cannot install openscad >>>> in the first place. I'm getting the previously reported error: >>>> >>>> {{{ >>>> fatal error: 'parser.tab.h' file not found >>>> }}} >>>> >>>> I used the "port livecheck openscad" command to find that the new version >>>> is 2019.05, but even the MacPorts openscad-devel version is only 2018.04. >>>> >>>> How proceed? >>>> --- >>>> Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> >>>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101 >>>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --- >>> Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> >>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101 >>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334 >>> >>> >> >> --- >> Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >> <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> >> 503 King Farm Blvd #101 >> Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334 >> >> > > --- > Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com > <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> > 503 King Farm Blvd #101 > Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334 > > --- Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com 503 King Farm Blvd #101 Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334
