[MacPorts] #16246: sudo port activate does not work

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#16246: sudo port activate does not work
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  Reporter:  robert at hellometro.com  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new                                  
  Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.6.0                                
Resolution:                         |    Keywords:  port activate activating             
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Comment (by robert at hellometro.com):

 Work Around:

 cd /opt/local/var/macports/receipts[[BR]]
 sudo rm file_map.db.lock[[BR]]


 Suggested Fixes:

 Short Term:  fix port so that -dv causes port -dv activate to output the
 fact that it is waiting for a lock
 Long Term:  find out why the lock was there:  I ran sudo port install kde,
 but then in stayed on the ---> Activating kdeaccessibility3 step for 24
 hours before I killed it.  I was only running one instance of port.  So
 there is a bug somewhere, and a deficiency in the activate command (-dv
 does not provide any additional verbosity or debug info)

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16246#comment:4>
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