MacPorts 2.7.0-beta1 now available for testing

[Ken Cunningham]

> On Apr 24, 2021, at 7:36 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 24, 2021, at 13:19, Ken Cunningham wrote:
> 
>> 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 using “sudo” for routine port commands, like “sudo port -v outdated” still works.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
> 
> Sounds like it might have been caused by the changes that fixed this bug, which were made recently and I haven't had a chance to try them yet:
> 
> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61154 <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61154>
> 
> Does only the first non-sudo `port` command fail? Does running the command with `sudo` once allow it to work without `sudo` a second time?
> 
> (There could be a one-time need to modify the registry sqlite database for the new method.)


Yes, indeed that seems to be the case. I just tried it again on that same system, and indeed I no longer need to use sudo for basic commands. Good catch.

Ken


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