[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 coreutils  |
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Comment (by ballapete):

 We're close to solving this Gnulib problem:
 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2024-03/msg00208.html. Right
 now I am "experimenting" on Leopard, where `ktrace/kdump` do not exist
 anymore. And I also could not reproduce yet the circumstances (but I have
 a `confdir-14B--- tree` that cannot be removed with `/bin/rm`). Finally
 I'll be quite busy with other things today, so we need volontaires with
 this tree or the ability to create it easily with MacPorts – **on Tiger**!
 Here `ktrace/kdump` do still exist.

 First you need to become `root`– the `sudo` command and its usage is
 probably known to you all.\\
 Then you'll have to change directory to where the `confdir-14B--- tree`
 is. `port work m4` will return something like
 `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_m4/m4/work`,
 adding `/m4-1.4.19` to the previous value is where `confdir-14B--- tree`
 lies around.\\
 So `cd` there, still as `super-user root`, and run, as Paul Eggert writes:

 {{{
 export LC_ALL=C
 ktrace rm -rf confdir-14B---
 kdump
 }}}

 From the list archive you can easily answer Paul Eggert. With some
 kindness you could CC me (Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE), Ryan Schmidt
 (ryandesign at macports.org), and **particularly** bug-gnulib at gnu.org!

 And I'll see whether I can handle `dtrace/dtruss`…

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62994#comment:90>
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