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

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#18344: Unrecognized action "port" still a problem
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  Reporter:  slashguy_2000@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  defect                   |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  High                     |   Milestone:  Port Bugs                            
 Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.7.0                                
Resolution:  invalid                  |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:                           |  
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Changes (by raimue@…):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Old description:

> 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!

New description:

 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!

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Comment:

 First of all, this bug tracker is not the place to discuss such things.
 Please use the [http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-
 users macports-user mailing list] instead and ask further questions there.

 Your port installation seems to be correctly installed. But in order to
 use it, you need administrator privileges. Usually you gain these by using
 `sudo` in front of your command. For example, `sudo port selfupdate`.

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