Error: Target org.macports.fetch returned: fetch failed

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 4, 2007, at 19:52, enakud at gmail.com wrote:

> Trying to install ye olde mrxvt terminal on me new macbook  
> (leopard), but
> running into what I'll guess is a common issue ... apparently the  
> distfiles
> are missing from the various mirrors listed in the port definition...
>
> <root at haydn> /Users/ivanhoven # port install mrxvt
> --->  Fetching mrxvt
> --->  Attempting to fetch no-scroll-with-buffer- 
> mrxvt-0.5.3.patch.diff from...
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/materm
> http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/materm
> http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/materm
> http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/materm
> http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/materm
> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/mrxvt
> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/general/
> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/mrxvt
> Error: Target org.macports.fetch returned: fetch failed
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
>
> I read in another post that if I can find the distfiles I can grab  
> them myself
> & plop them in /opt/local/.../distfiles/mrxvt & re-run the port  
> install.
>
> Is there another option I could try?

In this case it's not the main distfile but a patchfile. An incorrect  
change was made to the list of patchfiles for this port in r31242. I  
undid that change in r31730 and the port should now install. Wait 30  
minutes, then "sudo port selfupdate", then try installing it again.