[MacPorts] #44599: povray-3.7.0.0_1 + Build fails + Makefile:398: *** multiple target patterns. Stop.

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#44599: povray-3.7.0.0_1 + Build  fails + Makefile:398: *** multiple target
patterns.  Stop.
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  Reporter:  stallenlu@…  |      Owner:  ryandesign@…
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.3.1
Resolution:  invalid      |   Keywords:
      Port:  povray       |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

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


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 stallenlu@…]:
 > I've no idea what cause the replacement. May be it caused by installing
 some program by Macports. Could you tell me how to fix the problem without
 reinstalling OS X?(I don't use Time Machine before Using Macports)

 MacPorts definitely did not cause this. One of the primary design goals of
 MacPorts is to let you install software without affecting your OS-provided
 software. MacPorts tries to confine its activities to its prefix, usually
 /opt/local. Some files go in /Applications/MacPorts and some in
 /Library/LaunchDaemons but in any case if ever MacPorts were to try to
 install a file that was already present on your system, it would issue a
 big error and exit without doing so. Only if you used the "`-f`" flag to
 force the operation would MacPorts overwrite existing files. But I know of
 no port that would attempt to install /usr/bin/stat.

 Since you cannot explain how /usr/bin/stat got replaced with non-Apple
 software, there's no way to know if other files got replaced as well. For
 example, GNU stat is part of coreutils; perhaps all of coreutils got
 installed over your Apple software, which might cause other problems down
 the road. Reinstalling the OS is the safest solution and should not be a
 problem. You just boot to your recovery partition and reinstall the OS,
 then reinstall the latest combo update and whatever else software update
 presents to you. Your data and settings should not be affected. Of course
 backing up before doing so is a good idea.

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