[MacPorts] #18344: Unrecognized action "port" still a problem

[MacPorts]

#18344: Unrecognized action "port" still a problem
-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
 Reporter:  slashguy_2000@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  High                     |   Milestone:  Port Bugs                            
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.7.0                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
 Hi,
 I have been running macports 1.7 on mac OS 10.3.9 and I have been
 experiencing the "unrecognized action" bug.  I just downloaded it today
 (3-Feb-09)
 It appears to connect to macports, but everything I type except "quit"
 produces "unrecognized action."
 I know this was a problem with 1.6 but everyone says that it is fixed in
 1.7.  I have tried running the command:
 curl -O
 http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/branches/release_1_6/base/portmgr/dmg/postflight
 && bash postflight
 and I recieve the following
   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed          Time
 Curr.
                                  Dload  Upload Total    Current  Left
 Speed
 100  7254  100  7254    0     0   5083      0  0:00:01  0:00:01  0:00:00
 8364
 The MacPorts Project, postflight script version 1.6.1: checking the shell
 environment for user "theoyale".
 Detected the bash shell.
 Your shell already has the right PATH environment variable for use with
 MacPorts!
 Your shell already has the right MANPATH environment variable for use with
 MacPorts!
 Your shell already has the right DISPLAY environment variable for use with
 MacPorts!
 Synchronizing the MacPorts installation with the project's rsync server...
 Synchronizing local ports tree from
 rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/

 then it waits a while, spits out a bunch of text (looks like files or
 directories)  and concludes:
 mkstemp
 "/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base/src/.sqlite-3.1.3.tar.gz.jsdRoZ"
 failed: Permission denied
 and then it doesn't do anything else.

 Am I doing something wrong/  Does the bug still exist?  Is it a problem
 with 10.3.9? What am I supposed to do to make macports work?

 PLEASE in your reply explain things simply from the beginning; I am no
 dummy but I have never used macports before and have not used terminal a
 lot.  So please be as specific as you can.  Tghe bug may be nothing more
 than that I am typing something incorrectly, so, for example please don't
 tell me "run the command..." or "do X in Y," tell me what to open, what to
 type etc.
 Thanks so much!

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18344>
MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/>
Ports system for Mac OS