Any ideas why ports doesn't like what I am asking for...

[Bill Hernandez]

Last login: Wed Apr 25 10:34:17 on console
Welcome to Darwin!

I downloaded macports and installed readline, which apparently  
installed the other two items listed below (ncurses, and ncursesw)

[04/25/07](10:37am)[disk:~] user % port installed
The following ports are currently installed:
ncurses @5.6_0+darwin_8 (active)
ncursesw @5.6_0+darwin_8 (active)
readline @5.2.001_0 (active)

[04/25/07](10:37am)[disk:~] user % sudo port -d -v install openssl
Password:
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/openssl
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/openssl
DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port openssl.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port openssl.
DEBUG: Executing variant darwin provides darwin
DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_8 provides darwin_8
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: invalid command name "configure.universal_args"
while executing
"configure.universal_args    "
(file "Portfile" line 31)
invoked from within
"source Portfile"
invoked from within
"$workername eval source Portfile"
(procedure "dportopen" line 47)
invoked from within
"dportopen $porturl $options $variations"
(procedure "dportdepends" line 61)
invoked from within
"dportdepends $dport $target"
(procedure "dportexec" line 24)
invoked from within
"dportexec $workername $target"
Error: Unable to execute port: invalid command name  
"configure.universal_args"

[04/25/07](10:37am)[disk:~] user % sudo port -d -v install zlib
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: invalid command name "configure.universal_args"
while executing
"configure.universal_args    "
(file "Portfile" line 31)
invoked from within
"source Portfile"
invoked from within
"$workername eval source Portfile"
(procedure "dportopen" line 47)
invoked from within
"dportopen $porturl [array get options] [array get variations]"
Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name  
"configure.universal_args"

[04/25/07](10:38am)[disk:~] user % sudo port -d -v install libxml2
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/textproc/libxml2
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/textproc/libxml2
DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port libxml2.
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libxml2.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libxml2.
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/textproc/libiconv
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/textproc/libiconv
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libiconv
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libiconv
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: invalid command name "configure.universal_args"
while executing
"configure.universal_args    "
(file "Portfile" line 31)
invoked from within
"source Portfile"
invoked from within
"$workername eval source Portfile"
(procedure "dportopen" line 47)
invoked from within
"dportopen $porturl $options $variations"
(procedure "dportdepends" line 61)
invoked from within
"dportdepends $dport $target"
(procedure "dportexec" line 24)
invoked from within
"dportexec $workername $target"
Error: Unable to execute port: invalid command name  
"configure.universal_args"

[04/25/07](10:39am)[disk:~] user %