MacPorts 2.7.0-beta1 now available for testing

[Ken Cunningham]

Started testing on 10.4 Intel:

after upgrading /opt/local to the release-2.7 branch tip building from git source I am seeing this, which I have not previously noticed:

$ port
sqlite error: attempt to write a readonly database (1544) while executing query: ATTACH DATABASE '/opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db' AS registry
    while executing
"registry::open $db_path"
    (procedure "mportinit" line 712)
    invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, sqlite error: attempt to write a readonly database (1544) while executing query: ATTACH DATABASE '/opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db' AS registry

$ port -v
sqlite error: attempt to write a readonly database (1544) while executing query: ATTACH DATABASE '/opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db' AS registry
    while executing
"registry::open $db_path"
    (procedure "mportinit" line 712)
    invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, sqlite error: attempt to write a readonly database (1544) while executing query: ATTACH DATABASE '/opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db' AS registry

$ ls -la /opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  212586496 Apr 24 10:51 /opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db


using “sudo” for routine port commands, like “sudo port -v outdated” still works.



(how I build MacPorts:

I build base in /opt/bootstrap, then install curl in that /opt/boostrap installation.

then I build and install base in /opt/local like this:

./configure —with-curlprefix=/opt/bootstrap —with-sqlite3prefix=/opt/bootstrap

—Ken)