solved: What is MacPort 1.5 trying to pipe the gzip output to?

[Jesse Ohlsson]

Gentlemen,

There was no /Previous System/... folder, so I copied tar from the  
install cd /usr/bin directory.  I can now tar things...

g5:~] jess% which tar
/usr/bin/tar
[g5:~] jess% tar
tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux' options
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.

But, here is the same attempt to install wireshark (or any other port):

[g5:~] jess% sudo port install wireshark
Password:
--->  Extracting expat
Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: shell command " cd "/opt/ 
local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync 
.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/work" && gzip -dc /opt/ 
local/var/macports/distfiles/expat/expat-2.0.1.tar.gz | -xf - "  
returned error 127
Command output: sh: -xf: command not found

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

Error: The following dependencies failed to build: glib2 gettext expat  
libiconv pkgconfig gtk2 atk cairo fontconfig freetype zlib libpng  
render xrender jpeg pango Xft2 xorg-xproto xorg-util-macros tiff  
libpcap openssl
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.


So, I re-installed Macports and tried again.  This time, tar works and  
things install.  Thanks for the help with that.

Jesse



On Nov 28, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Mark Machado wrote:

> Jesse -
>
>   I also assume /usr/bin is the correct location.
> That's where I ended up putting it.
>
> Mark
>
> --- Jesse Ohlsson <ohlssons at skynet.be> wrote:
>
>> Ryan,  I was hesitant to move the /usr/local
>> directory, so haven't
>> tried it yet.
>>
>> Mark,  you are right, I have no tar utility
>> installed any more for
>> some reason...  Any idea where it is supposed to go?
>> I'm thinking /
>> usr/bin...
>>
>> Thanks, I'll try to replace it this evening.
>>
>> Jesse
>>
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2007, at 11:39 PM, Mark Machado wrote:
>>
>>> Jesse-
>>>
>>> I came across your message on the MacPort mailing
>>> list about your 'gzip pipe' problem when I was
>>> researching a similar problem I was encountering.
>>> That thread pointed me at a solution to my problem
>>> that I wanted to pass on in case yours was caused
>> by
>>> the same thing.  What had happened to me is
>> somehow
>>> the 'tar' utility was removed from my system (I
>> think
>>> it might have happened when I updated XTools).
>> Try
>>> running 'tar' from an X11 terminal: if it is not
>>> accessible, you probably have the same problem I
>> did.
>>>
>>> To fix, I replaced the tar file (there was a
>> backup
>>> copy in /Previous System/usr/bin - you may have to
>>> find it somewhere else), reran the XTools
>> installer,
>>> and everything was fine.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
>>> Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page.
>>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
>>
>>
>
>
>
>       
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page.
> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs