[MacPorts] #43176: Self Update failed, need advice

Wed Apr 2 05:20:57 PDT 2014

#43176: Self Update failed, need advice
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 Reporter:  nblouin@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  update     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.2.1
 Keywords:             |       Port:
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 I am having difficulties configuring software which requires boost, so i
 downloaded boost vi macports and received a notice to update ports. Below
 the messages received, i also pasted the boost error i get when
 configuring new software.
 my query is 2-part:
 how do i get past the update error, and is this related to my configrure
 unable to locate my

 $ sudo port install boost
 Password:
 Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider updating
 them by running 'port selfupdate'.
 --->  Computing dependencies for boost
 --->  Cleaning boost
 --->  Scanning binaries for linking errors: 100.0%
 --->  No broken files found.
 BigMacWithCheese-2:silix-1.2.8 nicblouin$ port selfupdate
 --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
 Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
 Please run `port -v selfupdate' for details.
 Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing
 MacPorts sources: command execution failed
 e-2:silix-1.2.8$  port -v selfupdate
 --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
 receiving file list ... done
 rsync: mkstemp
 "/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/.base.tar.sMd7I5"
 failed: Permission denied (13)
 inflate returned -3 (140 bytes)
 rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
 /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-40/rsync/token.c(419) [receiver=2.6.9]
 rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (31 bytes received so far)
 [generator]
 rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
 /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-40/rsync/io.c(452) [generator=2.6.9]
 Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after
 rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base.tar
 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
 Exit code: 12
 Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
 To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
     http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
 Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing
 MacPorts sources: command execution failed
 e-2:silix-1.2.8$
 e-2:silix-1.2.8 ./configure
 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
 checking whether build environment is sane... yes
 checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
 checking for gawk... no
 checking for mawk... no
 checking for nawk... no
 checking for awk... awk
 checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
 checking for g++... g++
 checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
 checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
 checking for suffix of executables...
 checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 checking for suffix of object files... o
 checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
 checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
 checking for style of include used by make... GNU
 checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
 checking for gcc... gcc
 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
 checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
 checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
 checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0
 checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0
 checking how to print strings... printf
 checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
 checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
 checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
 checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
 checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-
 darwin10/4.2.1/ld
 checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin10/4.2.1/ld) is
 GNU ld... no
 checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm
 checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm) interface... BSD nm
 checking whether ln -s works... yes
 checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608
 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
 checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
 checking how to convert x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 file names to x86_64
 -apple-darwin10.8.0 format... func_convert_file_noop
 checking how to convert x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 file names to toolchain
 format... func_convert_file_noop
 checking for /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin10/4.2.1/ld option to
 reload object files... -r
 checking for objdump... no
 checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
 checking for dlltool... no
 checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
 checking for ar... ar
 checking for archiver @FILE support... no
 checking for strip... strip
 checking for ranlib... ranlib
 checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm output from gcc object... ok
 checking for sysroot... no
 checking for mt... no
 checking if : is a manifest tool... no
 checking for dsymutil... dsymutil
 checking for nmedit... nmedit
 checking for lipo... lipo
 checking for otool... otool
 checking for otool64... no
 checking for -single_module linker flag... yes
 checking for -exported_symbols_list linker flag... yes
 checking for -force_load linker flag... yes
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
 checking for ANSI C header files... yes
 checking for sys/types.h... yes
 checking for sys/stat.h... yes
 checking for stdlib.h... yes
 checking for string.h... yes
 checking for memory.h... yes
 checking for strings.h... yes
 checking for inttypes.h... yes
 checking for stdint.h... yes
 checking for unistd.h... yes
 checking for dlfcn.h... yes
 checking for objdir... .libs
 checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
 checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
 checking if gcc PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
 checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
 checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
 checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
 checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-
 darwin10/4.2.1/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
 checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin10.8.0 dyld
 checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
 checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
 checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
 checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
 checking whether to build static libraries... yes
 checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
 checking for ld used by g++... /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-
 darwin10/4.2.1/ld
 checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin10/4.2.1/ld) is
 GNU ld... no
 checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-
 darwin10/4.2.1/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
 checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
 checking if g++ PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
 checking if g++ static flag -static works... no
 checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
 checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
 checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-
 darwin10/4.2.1/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
 checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin10.8.0 dyld
 checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
 checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
 configure: Checking CppUnit
 checking for cppunit-config... no
 configure: CppUnit not found... unittesting disabled. Please install
 CppUnit
 configure: Checking Boost::program_options
 checking boost/program_options.hpp usability... no
 checking boost/program_options.hpp presence... no
 checking for boost/program_options.hpp... no
 configure: error: Boost::program_options header files were not found on
 the system... unable to compile. Please install Boost::program_options
 headers
 e-2:silix-1.2.8$

 Thanks for any help

 Nicolas Achille Blouin, Ph.D.
 Dept. of Biological Sciences
 University of Rhode Island
 Kingston, RI 02881

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