port activate error: can't read "revision": no such variable

[Daniel J. Luke]

On May 9, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Paulo Moura wrote:
> pmmbp:~/Documents/Prolog/xsbcvs pmoura$ sudo port -f install
> --->  Fetching xsb
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for xsb
> --->  Extracting xsb
> --->  Configuring xsb
> --->  Building xsb with target all
> --->  Staging xsb into destroot
> --->  Packaging tgz archive for xsb 3.0.1+_0
> --->  Installing xsb 3.0.1+_0
> Error: Target com.apple.install returned: Registry error: xsb @3.0.1 
> +_0 already registered as installed.  Please uninstall it first.
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> pmmbp:~/Documents/Prolog/xsbcvs pmoura$ sudo port -p uninstall xsb  
> @3.0.1+_0
> Error: port uninstall failed: can't read "revision": no such variable

The + in the versions is likely confusing port.

You could try escaping it with a \

> name		xsb
> version		3.0.1+

change this, either use another character or just remove the +

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