Problem installing readline

Thomas Schober thomas.schober at gmail.com
Tue Aug 14 00:25:31 PDT 2007


Ok, i will try this when i am at home today evening. I synced about 2 weeks
ago and made a selfupdate about 2 weeks ago. Update Frequency seems to be
very high :)


2007/8/14, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>:
>
>
> On Aug 14, 2007, at 01:21, Thomas Schober wrote:
>
> > 2007/8/14, Ryan Schmidt:
> >
> >> On Aug 14, 2007, at 00:13, Thomas Schober wrote:
> >>
> >>> 2007/8/14, Ryan Schmidt:
> >>>
> >>>> On Aug 12, 2007, at 09:53, Thomas Schober wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> i have a iMac G5 17" PPC. I am trying to install readline, but i
> >>>>> get these errors :
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --->  Staging readline into destroot
> >>>>> Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: no such file or
> >>>>> directory
> >>>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> However on my intel macbook it worked fine. But i cant get it to
> >>>>> work on my PPC. Both Computers have Mac OS Tiger 10.4.10
> >>>>> Installed.
> >>>>
> >>>> How odd. I don't know what it's talking about.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can you try "sudo port clean readline" and then "sudo port -dv
> >>>> install readline" and see what it says?
> >>>
> >>> thanks for your answer. It goes good until this point. Then this
> >>> happens :
> >> [snip]
> >>> DEBUG: Executing proc-post-org.macports.destroot-destroot-0
> >>> DEBUG: delete: /opt/local/var/macports/build/
> >>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_dev
> >>> el
> >>> _readline/work/destroot/opt/local/share/info/dir
> >>> Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: no such file or
> >>> directory
> >>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for readline):
> >>> org.macports.activate org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
> >>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> >>
> >> Don't forget to Reply To All so your reply goes to the mailing list
> >> too, not just to me.
> >>
> >> It looks like this line in the post-destroot proc may be triggering
> >> the problem:
> >>
> >>      delete ${destroot}${prefix}/share/info/dir
> >>
> >> You could try removing that line from the portfile to see if that
> >> really is the culprit. If it is, then the question would be, why does
> >> this not cause a problem on your Intel Mac or my Intel Mac? I guess
> >> on your PPC iMac share/info/dir never gets created in the first
> >> place, and therefore is not there to be deleted. But why? And is
> >> there a way to write a delete command that doesn't complain if it
> >> fails? What's the difference between "delete" and "file delete"? (You
> >> could try "file delete" instead of "delete" at the beginning of the
> >> line and see if that makes a difference.)
> >
> > Can you tell me where i can find this portfile ? i am a little new to
> > MacPorts. Before i used fink.
>
> "port file readline" would have shown you. "port edit readline" would
> have let you edit it.
>
>
> On Aug 14, 2007, at 01:41, Thomas Schober wrote:
>
> > Ok, i found the portfile. But such a line is not there. The file looks
> > like this :
> >
> > # $Id: Portfile 22478 2007-03-02 05:16:40Z pipping at macports.org $
> >
> > PortSystem 1.0
> > name          readline-5
> > set shortname readline
> > version               5.0.005
>
> [snip]
>
> Oh. Your readline port is very out of date. Probably all your other
> ports are too. You need to get into the habit of running "sudo port
> sync" before you begin installing ports on a given day, to pull the
> new port definitions from our server. readline is currently at
> version 5.2.001, not 5.0.005. Sync, then try installing readline
> again. Presumably this problem has already been fixed. Also run "port
> outdated" to see what other ports you may need to update now. Also do
> "sudo port selfupdate" occasionally to make sure you have the latest
> version of MacPorts base.
>
>
>
>
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