[MacPorts] #64691: thunar @1.6.16: too many levels of symbolic links
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#64691: thunar @1.6.16: too many levels of symbolic links
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Reporter: CharlesHawkins | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.7.1
Keywords: | Port: thunar
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When installing thunar @1.6.16, I get a warning:
{{{
Warning: Error parsing file /opt/local/bin/thunar: Error opening or
reading file
}}}
Upon trying to launch thunar I get:
{{{
zsh: too many levels of symbolic links: thunar
}}}
I think the problem is that I'm on a case-insensitive filesystem (the
default for APFS). Based on the output of {{{port contents thunar}}},
there's supposed to be both an /opt/local/bin/thunar and an
/opt/local/bin/Thunar, but I only see the capitalized Thunar actually
there, and it's a symlink to the lower-case thunar, which the case-
insensitive filesystem interprets as a symlink to itself, hence the error.
I'm guessing that the install process first created the real executable
thunar, then tried to create Thunar as a symlink to thunar, but ended up
clobbering the real executable because the filesystem is case-insensitive.
There doesn't seem to be a log file to attach ({{{port logfile thunar}}}
says there isn't one; {{{install -v}}} doesn't give any more info)
System info:
macOS 12.0.1 (21A559)
MacBookPro14,1 (an Intel Mac)
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64691>
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