gtk2 recursive directory error

Matrix Mole matrixm at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 12:52:49 PST 2007


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I was just upgrading gtk2 to get it compiled against a package that was
recently upgraded so I could remove the deactivated version of a port
(don't remember which port as it was upgraded during a port -dRu
outdated process). I noticed that gtk2 was taking a very long time to
install, and then saw that it was downloading... again. When I looked at
the path it was installing into it was going to
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/.... to the
17th gtk2 nested directory. I checked each of those directories and
noticed that for some reason gtk2 is downloading it's binary over and
over again and recompiling itself, and appears to be stuck in an endless
loop. Here's the output of a 'find
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2' command:
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk+-2.10.13.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk+-2.10.14.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2
/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk2/gtk+-2.12.2.tar.bz2

I'm using OS X 10.4.11 on a macbookpro model 1,1 and using the macports
version 1.60 that was just released. I don't know what version of xcode
I've got, could someone let me know where I can get that info? Not sure
what else might be needed to help track down or resolve this problem.
Oh, the command I used that resulted in this issue was 'sudo port -dfR
upgrade glib2 gtk2 atk cairo' so I'm not sure if the command I used
somehow managed to cause this issue.
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