MacPorts 2.11.0: oddly named workdirs

Steven Smith steve.t.smith at gmail.com
Wed Jul 16 13:12:12 UTC 2025


I see an issue with a destroot mismatch for a local Portfile /opt/local/ports/lang/ghc/Portfile: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/72701

At some point, the old workpath is used for destroot:

> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_ports_lang_ghc/ghc/work/destroot


But this doesn’t match the actual workpath:

> $ port work ghc
> /opt/local/var/macports/build/ghcnRDGdg/work



> On Jul 14, 2025, at 4:32 AM, Sergey Fedorov <vital.had at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It is not a bug, but a feature? Workdirs are no longer named after ports, but start with a few letters of a ports name, followed by random characters.

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