Install bug, was: Install problem - "can't find package darwinports"

[Kevin Horton]

On 15 Jan 2007, at 10:49, Kevin Horton wrote:

> I'm having problems trying to install MacPorts on a G4 Dual,  
> running OS X 10.4.8.  This machine currently has a Fink  
> installation.  I'm running zsh 4.3.2 as my shell.
>
> Based on the instructions on the Wiki:
>
> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts
>
> I installed this file:
>
> http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/macports/downloads/ 
> DarwinPorts-1.3.1/DarwinPorts-1.3.1-10.4.dmg
>
> I selected to not install MacPorts on my root drive - I selected a  
> large second drive.  I then created a symlink on the root drive  
> called opt, which points to the opt on the second drive.
>

Problem solved.  On a whim, just in case there was some problem with  
installing MacPorts on a different drive, I did another installation,  
this time on the root drive.  That installation worked.  I compared  
it to the original installation, and found that the original one was  
missing /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources, and possibly other stuff.   
I moved the new installation to the second drive, and put a symlink  
at /opt.  Now it works.

I tried doing a test installation on a third drive, and it too was  
missing /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources.  Perhaps there is a bug  
with installing MacPorts on a non-root drive.

Kevin Horton
Ottawa, Canada