[MacPorts] #25800: cannot deactivate any port

[MacPorts]

#25800: cannot deactivate any port
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 Reporter:  thabangh@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                |     Version:  1.9.1                                
 Keywords:                      |        Port:                                       
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Changes (by jmr@…):

  * component:  ports => base


Old description:

> I am running MacPorts under Snow Leopard, and something seems to be
> messed up in such a way that various ports cannot be deactivated.  Here
> is an example:
>
> bash-3.2$ sudo port deactivate freetype @2.3.12_0+macosx
> --->  Deactivating freetype @2.3.12_0+macosx
>
> This command hangs forever.  Nothing appears in the log file.  The only
> way to stop it is with a "sudo kill <pid>" command.  Is there any way to
> get more verbose output from the port command, so that I can find out
> what's going wrong?  Can I deactivate the port manually?
>
> The same thing happens with other "deactivate" commands.  I think the
> problem might have arisen because I issued the command "sudo port upgrade
> outdated" and then lost internet connectivity while the command was still
> executing.

New description:

 I am running MacPorts under Snow Leopard, and something seems to be messed
 up in such a way that various ports cannot be deactivated.  Here is an
 example:
 {{{
 bash-3.2$ sudo port deactivate freetype @2.3.12_0+macosx
 --->  Deactivating freetype @2.3.12_0+macosx
 }}}
 This command hangs forever.  Nothing appears in the log file.  The only
 way to stop it is with a "sudo kill <pid>" command.  Is there any way to
 get more verbose output from the port command, so that I can find out
 what's going wrong?  Can I deactivate the port manually?

 The same thing happens with other "deactivate" commands.  I think the
 problem might have arisen because I issued the command "sudo port upgrade
 outdated" and then lost internet connectivity while the command was still
 executing.

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Comment:

 Please remember WikiFormatting for your preformatted text. The gconf build
 failure seems unrelated and should go in a separate ticket. Please attach
 debug output, i.e. the result of `sudo port -d deactivate freetype`.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25800#comment:2>
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