[MacPorts] #34220: invalid command "vercmp" (was: invalid command "vercmp" on Mac OS X Lion installing mpeg port)

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#34220: invalid command "vercmp"
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 Reporter:  rigstars2@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                |     Version:  2.0.99                               
 Keywords:                       |        Port:                                       
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)


Old description:

> I keep getting this error - Error: Unable to open port: invalid command
> name "vercmp"
> when I try to install ffmpeg (sudo port install ffmpeg) or if I try to
> upgrade this libsdl (sudo port upgrade libsdl)
>
> I have updated to latest ports doing (sudo port selfupdate) followed by a
> (sudo port upgrade outdated) and even ran (sudo port sync)
>
> OS I'm using is Mac OS X Lion and installed using trunk base when Lion
> was still very new .. Any help, please.
>
> Thanks!

New description:

 I keep getting this error -
 {{{
 Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name "vercmp"
 }}}
 when I try to install ffmpeg (`sudo port install ffmpeg`) or if I try to
 upgrade this libsdl (`sudo port upgrade libsdl`)

 I have updated to latest ports doing (`sudo port selfupdate`) followed by
 a (`sudo port upgrade outdated`) and even ran (`sudo port sync`)

 OS I'm using is Mac OS X Lion and installed using trunk base when Lion was
 still very new .. Any help, please.

 Thanks!

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Comment:

 Please run "`port version`" to see what version of MacPorts you really
 have. The "`rpm-vercomp`" command, which has been in MacPorts for years
 and years, was renamed to "`vercmp`" a couple versions of MacPorts ago.
 Please also attach the main.log file of the failure; I've looked in the
 ffmpeg port and it doesn't itself call `vercmp` so I need to see the log
 to know what's really going on.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34220#comment:1>
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