Did someone bork eval_variants?

James Berry jberry at macports.org
Mon Apr 16 09:59:46 PDT 2007


Hmm. And maybe the problem you describe was different than the one I  
fixed, in which case I can only say I'm not involved.... ;)

-jdb

On Apr 16, 2007, at 6:00 AM, James Berry wrote:

> Hi Jordan,
>
> Yes, I cannot tell  lie. I did bork eval_variants in r24071. My  
> change to option parsing suddenly allowed the malformed  
> rsync_options to begin to be passed into the engine, which then  
> broke. This option was apparently always silently ignored.
>
> Not long after I discovered this problem I checked in r24072, which  
> I believe fixed the issue. It fortified the engine against such  
> malformed options, and also put in a special case to fix the  
> mailformed rsync_options option in your ports.conf.
>
> Let me know if the problem persists with ToT.
>
> And sorry I didn't see your email before I went to bed.
>
> James
>
>
> On Apr 15, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>
>> I'm seeing this from any port and any operation, so it looks like  
>> something has gone south in ToT
>>
>> jkh at sam-> port -d -v livecheck
>> DEBUG: Changing to port directory: .
>> Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("extra  
>> characters after close-quote").
>> Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct.
>> To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
>> (you might also see this message if a pseudo-port such as
>> outdated or installed expands to no ports).
>> DEBUG: invalid command name "eval_variants"
>>     while executing
>> "eval_variants variations livecheck"
>>     invoked from within
>> "$workername eval eval_variants variations $target"
>>     (procedure "dportexec" line 7)
>>     invoked from within
>> "dportexec $workername $target"
>> Error: Unable to execute port: invalid command name "eval_variants"
>>
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