[MacPorts] #20760: MacPorts-1.8.0-rc1: build from tar ball fails to install on Tiger if default source is a local directory maintained with svn

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#20760: MacPorts-1.8.0-rc1: build from tar ball fails to install on Tiger if
default source is a local directory maintained with svn
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 Reporter:  devans@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:  MacPorts 1.8.1                       
Component:  ports                |     Version:  1.8.0                                
 Keywords:                       |        Port:                                       
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 Situation:

 {{{
 Mac OS X 10.4.11 ppc
 Xcode 2.5
 Upgrading from 1.7.1 using tarball
 Default prefix (/opt/local)
 }}}

 /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf contains:

 {{{
 file:///opt/macports/trunk/dports/ [default]
 }}}


 which refers to a svn working directory copy of the
 trunk port repository

 Installation using defaults as follows:

 {{{
 cd MacPorts-1.8.0-rc1
 ./configure
 make
 sudo make install
 }}}

 make install fails as follows:

 {{{
 /usr/local/bin/tclsh src/upgrade_sources_conf_default.tcl /opt/local
 couldn't execute "svn": no such file or directory
     while executing
 "while {[gets $sourcesConfChannel line] >= 0} {
    set addDefault false
    if {!$defaultSeen && ![regexp {^\s*#|^$} $line]} {
       if {[regexp {^([\w-..."
     (file "src/upgrade_sources_conf_default.tcl" line 34)
 make: *** [install] Error 1
 }}}

 Tiger doesn't come with svn installed in the system directories but
 /opt/local/bin/svn is installed from the previous version of Mac Ports but
 it's not in the installer's path.

 I worked around this by commenting out the svn based source
 in sources.conf (install warned it couldn't find a default repository but
 didn't fail) and then re-enabling it after installation was complete.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20760>
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