::ui_init invalid (was gtk2 fails to build - libXdamage wrong version)

[Joshua Root]

Bryan Blackburn wrote:
>>From the -users list [1]:
> [...]
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for gtk2): 
>> org.macports.destroot org.macports.build
>> DEBUG: invalid command name "::ui_init"
>>     while executing
>> "::ui_init $priority $prefix $channels $message"
>>     ("uplevel" body line 2)
>>     invoked from within
>> "uplevel 1 $body"
>> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
> 
> This is the second time I've seen this error message (though I've not seen
> it running port myself).  Since this call to ::ui_init is in a try/catch
> block [2] shouldn't this not be happening?  Or is there another call that
> I'm not seeing?
> 
> Bryan
> 
> [1] - <http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2008-December/013014.html>
> [2] - <http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/base/src/macports1.0/macports.tcl#L128>

I see this all the time when something fails with debug mode on, FWIW.
See for example <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/15284>.

- Josh