[MacPorts] #15906: "port -d upgrade apr" fails with internal error

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#15906: "port -d upgrade apr" fails with internal error
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  Reporter:  stephen at xemacs.org  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                                  
  Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs                   
 Component:  base                |     Version:  1.7.0                                
Resolution:                      |    Keywords:                                       
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Changes (by jmr at macports.org):

 * cc: jmr at macports.org (added)

Comment:

 @dluke: sure looks like it.

 @stephen: Can you check if the problem goes away if you use sysctl to
 increase `kern.maxprocperuid`? I'm also attaching a patch that should
 handle the error gracefully if spawning a ping process fails.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/15906#comment:4>
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