[MacPorts] #72677: Error when updating MacPorts tree after I updated to MacPorts 2.11.0
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#72677: Error when updating MacPorts tree after I updated to MacPorts 2.11.0
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Reporter: bjmarfito | Owner: jmroot
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts 2.11.1
Component: base | Version:
Resolution: fixed | Keywords:
Port: |
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Comment (by dojoteef):
I ran `sudo port selfupdate` which updated to 2.11.1 which had this change
in it. I first ran into #72689 and was able to work around it as mentioned
in that bug. I then executed `sudo port selfupdate` again at which point
it attempted to update my port tree and got the following error:
`rsync(57391): error: PortIndex: utimensat (2): Permission denied` (full
details below).
{{{
Updating MacPorts
---> Checking for newer releases of MacPorts
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left
Speed
100 63 100 63 0 0 187 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
188
MacPorts base version 2.11.1 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.11.1 available.
---> MacPorts base is already the latest version
---> Updating the ports tree
Synchronizing local ports tree from
rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports.tar
Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf ftp.fau.de.
Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.
Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de.
Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.
Transfer starting: 3 files
./
ports.tar.gz
ports.tar.gz.rmd160
sent 35907 bytes received 442275 bytes 4781820000 bytes/sec
total size is 35522346 speedup is 74.29
Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf ftp.fau.de.
Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.
Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on ftp.fau.de.
Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.
Transfer starting: 3 files
rsync(57391): error: PortIndex: utimensat (2): Permission denied
./
PortIndex
PortIndex.rmd160
sent 138 bytes received 3130041 bytes 31301790000 bytes/sec
total size is 24679350 speedup is 7.88
Creating port index in
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports
Adding port devel/fzy
Adding port devel/legacy-support
Adding subport legacy-support-devel
Adding port games/ldmud
Adding port graphics/gifski
Adding subport libgifski
Adding port lang/julia
Adding port lang/llvm-20
Adding subport flang-20
Adding subport clang-20
Adding port llm/fabric
Adding subport mlir-20
Adding subport lldb-20
Adding port multimedia/x264
Adding port net/filebrowser
Adding port net/qBittorrent
Adding port perl/p5-digest-gost
Adding subport p5.32-digest-gost
Adding subport p5.34-digest-gost
Adding subport p5.30-digest-gost
Adding subport p5.28-digest-gost
Adding port perl/p5-object-pad
Adding subport p5.32-object-pad
Adding subport p5.34-object-pad
Adding subport p5.28-object-pad
Adding subport p5.30-object-pad
Adding port python/py-astropy-iers-data
Adding port python/py-astropy-healpix
Adding subport py311-astropy-healpix
Adding subport py313-astropy-iers-data
Adding subport py39-astropy-healpix
Adding subport py313-astropy-healpix
Adding subport py311-astropy-iers-data
Adding subport py310-astropy-iers-data
Adding subport py312-astropy-healpix
Adding subport py39-astropy-iers-data
Adding subport py312-astropy-iers-data
Adding subport py310-astropy-healpix
Adding port python/py-expandvars
Adding subport py311-expandvars
Adding subport py39-expandvars
Adding subport py313-expandvars
Adding subport py312-expandvars
Adding subport py310-expandvars
Adding port sysutils/MacPorts
Adding port sysutils/fq
Adding port sysutils/eza
Adding port textproc/ispell
Adding port textproc/qsv
Total number of ports parsed: 49
Ports successfully parsed: 49
Ports failed: 0
Up-to-date ports skipped: 39977
The ports tree has been updated.
8 ports are outdated. Run 'port outdated' for details.
To upgrade your installed ports, you should run
port upgrade outdated
}}}
When checking the file permissions on each on the PortIndex related files,
I see that the `PortIndex.quick` file has an unspecified group (id=505):
{{{
-rw-r--r-- 1 macports admin 24678838 Jul 14 12:27
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/remote/PortIndex
-rw-r--r-- 1 macports admin 512 Jul 14 11:50
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/remote/PortIndex.rmd160
-rw-r--r-- 1 macports wheel 24678399 Jul 14 10:15
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports/PortIndex
-rw-r--r-- 1 macports 505 932401 Jul 14 14:07
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports/PortIndex.quick
}}}
I cannot find the associated group with `dscl . list /Groups
PrimaryGroupID`. Not sure what, if any, ramifications there are to this
rsync error since it reports successfully updating the ports tree. I'm
reporting it since it seemed like it might be related to the proposed fix.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/72677#comment:12>
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