MacPorts 2.8.0-beta1 now available for testing

Marius Schamschula lists at schamschula.com
Thu Oct 20 11:17:25 UTC 2022


I’m seeing something very similar with MacPorts 2.8.0 (release)

marius at Mira ports % sudo port selfupdate 
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
MacPorts base version 2.7.2 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.8.0 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
--->  MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.8.0
Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:wheel; permissions 0755

Error: Couldn't change permissions of the MacPorts sources at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base <http://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base> to root: child killed: kill signal
Please run `port -v selfupdate' for details.
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't change permissions of the MacPorts sources at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base <http://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base> to root: child killed: kill signal
marius at Mira ports % sudo port -v selfupdate
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync

Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf ftp.fau.de <http://ftp.fau.de/>.
Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.

Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de <http://ftp.fau.de/>.
Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.


receiving file list ... done
./

sent 66 bytes  received 98 bytes  109.33 bytes/sec
total size is 113716736  speedup is 693394.73
MacPorts base version 2.8.0 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.8.0 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
Synchronizing local ports tree from file:///Users/marius/Development/MacPorts/ports <file:///Users/marius/Development/MacPorts/ports>
There is no tracking information for the current branch.
Please specify which branch you want to rebase against.
See git-pull(1) for details.

    git pull <remote> <branch>

If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:

    git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> master

Command failed: /opt/local/bin/git pull --rebase --autostash
Exit code: 1
Syncing local Git ports tree failed
Synchronizing local ports tree from file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/github.com/macports/macports-ports/ <file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/github.com/macports/macports-ports/>
From github.com <http://github.com/>:macports/macports-ports
 * [new tag]                 PRE_DESTROOT_TARGET        -> PRE_DESTROOT_TARGET
 * [new tag]                 jkh-destrootification-base -> jkh-destrootification-base
 * [new tag]                 kevin-target-api-base      -> kevin-target-api-base
 * [new tag]                 post-landon-trace          -> post-landon-trace
 * [new tag]                 pre-chain-remove           -> pre-chain-remove
 * [new tag]                 pre-landon-trace           -> pre-landon-trace
 * [new tag]                 release_1_2_0-archive      -> release_1_2_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_2_0-archive-rc1  -> release_1_2_0-archive-rc1
 * [new tag]                 release_1_2_0-rc2-archive  -> release_1_2_0-rc2-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_2_0-rc3-archive  -> release_1_2_0-rc3-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_2_1-archive      -> release_1_2_1-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_2_1-rc1-archive  -> release_1_2_1-rc1-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_3_0-archive      -> release_1_3_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_3_1-archive      -> release_1_3_1-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_3_2-archive      -> release_1_3_2-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_4_0-archive      -> release_1_4_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_5_0-archive      -> release_1_5_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_6_0-archive      -> release_1_6_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_7_0-archive      -> release_1_7_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_8_0-archive      -> release_1_8_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_1_9_0-archive      -> release_1_9_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_2_0_0-archive      -> release_2_0_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_2_1_0-archive      -> release_2_1_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_2_2_0-archive      -> release_2_2_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 release_2_3_0-archive      -> release_2_3_0-archive
 * [new tag]                 v2.4.0-archive             -> v2.4.0-archive
 * [new tag]                 v2.5.0-archive             -> v2.5.0-archive
 * [new tag]                 v2.6.0-archive             -> v2.6.0-archive
 * [new tag]                 v2.7.0-archive             -> v2.7.0-archive
 * [new tag]                 v2.8.0-archive             -> v2.8.0-archive
There is no tracking information for the current branch.
Please specify which branch you want to rebase against.
See git-pull(1) for details.

    git pull <remote> <branch>

If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:

    git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> master

Command failed: /opt/local/bin/git pull --rebase --autostash
Exit code: 1
Syncing local Git ports tree failed
Error: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 2 sources failed
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets <https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> if you believe there is a bug.
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 2 sources failed
marius at Mira ports % port version
Version: 2.8.0
marius at Mira ports % 

> On Oct 20, 2022, at 4:49 AM, Christopher Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk <mailto:jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I’m afraid I have no idea how to go about setting up a reproducer for this. It seems it randomly comes and goes, so perhaps is related to something else going on in the system (I am on macOS12 intel b.t.w.).
> 
> The best I can do is monitor it and see if I can spot any pattern as to when it happens or not. I am now on the official 2.8.0 release and still see it happen, so lets also see if any others start to see the same or not.
> 
> Chris
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2022, at 2:07 am, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org <mailto:jmr at macports.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> I can't repro this. The VCS sync logic hasn't changed since the privilege dropping fix in April. The only thing I can think of that might have made a difference is the update to Tcl 8.6 and the associated update of all the try/catch blocks.
>> 
>> All that should be happening between running git and running portindex is the environment restore in VCSCleanup. You might have to do some more digging to figure out a repro recipe I'm afraid.
>> 
>> - Josh
>> 
>> On 2022-10-18 20:09 , Christopher Jones wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I’m not running the beta but the current master branch of base, but I guess its similar.
>>> I’m noticing with the latest version  `sudo port sync` just hangs up after updating my local git clone. e.g.
>>> Oberon ~/Projects/MacPorts/ports > sudo port -d sync
>>> DEBUG: Copying /Users/chris/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist to /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library/Preferences
>>> --->  Updating the ports tree
>>> Synchronizing local ports tree from file:///Users/chris/Projects/MacPorts/ports <file:///Users/chris/Projects/MacPorts/ports>
>>> DEBUG: euid/egid changed to: 501/20, env: HOME=/Users/chris SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.vx1uKV7YtR/Listeners
>>> DEBUG: /opt/local/bin/git pull --rebase --autostash
>>> DEBUG: system -W /Users/chris/Projects/MacPorts/ports: /opt/local/bin/git pull --rebase --autostash
>>> Already up to date.
>>> and thats it, it never gets any further and just hangs up there.
>>> If I contrl-c the process I can get it to continue.
>>> ^CDEBUG: euid/egid restored to: 0/0, env restored
>>> DEBUG: system: /opt/local/bin/portindex /Users/chris/Projects/MacPorts/ports
>>> Creating port index in /Users/chris/Projects/MacPorts/ports
>>> Total number of ports parsed:	0
>>> Ports successfully parsed:	0
>>> Ports failed:			0
>>> Up-to-date ports skipped:	29934
>>> any ideas what step its hanging up on ?
>>> Chris
>>>> On 14 Oct 2022, at 12:57 am, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org <mailto:jmr at macports.org>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Well, only one issue has been reported against the beta so far (the NULL cxx_stdlib error that Ken saw.) I guess I'll tag an RC soon.
>>>> 
>>>> - Josh
>> 
> 

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