[MacPorts] #62994: various ports fail to install on Leopard due to gnulib issue: /confdir-14B---: No space left on device

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#62994: various ports fail to install on Leopard due to gnulib issue: /confdir-
14B---: No space left on device
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  Reporter:  kencu                 |      Owner:  mascguy
      Type:  defect                |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal                |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                 |    Version:
Resolution:                        |   Keywords:  leopard
      Port:  m4, bison, findutils  |
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Comment (by ballapete):

 Yesterday I tried something new with `bison` on `PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11,
 Tiger`: I tried to "edit" the `workdir` before finishing the upgrade
 process (which had failed because of the depth of the directory tree). And
 I could not! Even `rm` on the command line could not handle this. I
 changed directory somewhere deep enough into the tree to be able to remove
 a whole branch (`port` reported what it could not remove, so I just needed
 to copy&paste into Terminal [because `Emacs'` shell is too limited in
 maximal length of command line]). Then I had to repeat the procedure,
 before `port` could finish upgrading.

 So there are a few options to handle the problem manually…

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62994#comment:25>
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