[MacPorts] #22291: db46 4.6.21_6 Extracting - failed

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#22291: db46 4.6.21_6 Extracting - failed
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  Reporter:  senz@…        |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  update        |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal        |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  ports         |     Version:  1.8.1                                
Resolution:  wontfix       |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:  db46          |  
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Comment(by mixal@…):

 You can temporarily move /usr/local to /usr/somthing else.  After the
 upgrade is complete, you can move it back. No idea why it's messing around
 with that directory, but it doesn't leave anything there or write out a
 new one.

 However, to the maintainers:

 macports is supposed to be in /opt/local.  I don't go messing around there
 with non-macports packages.  And by the same token, macports needs to stay
 out of directories out side of it's base.  Letting things like this go
 just lead to confusion on the parts of users and is generally, IMO, a poor
 practice.  Theoretically, I should be able to install macports, fink, and
 compile my own packages in in their own locations without stepping on each
 other and select which I want to use by adjusting my PATH.  Let's make
 sure macports is playing nice with everyone else, please?

 It's a good thing I didn't have any active processes in the dir, however.
 Moving it around is not the correct solution for a production system.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/22291#comment:5>
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