port fails to list installed ports

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 2, 2007, at 07:33, Eckhard Wiemann wrote:

> MacPorts 1.520 returns this error message:
>
> ==========
>
> port -d echo installed
> DEBUG: list must have an even number of elements
>     while executing
> "array set receipt_$ref $receipt_contents"
>     (procedure "receipt_flat::open_entry" line 84)
>     invoked from within
> "${macports::registry.format}::open_entry $name $version $revision  
> $variants"
>     (procedure "open_entry" line 4)
>     invoked from within
> "open_entry $iname $iversion $irevision $ivariants"
>     (procedure "registry::installed" line 13)
>     invoked from within
> "registry::installed"
> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port installed failed: list must have  
> an even number of elements
>
> ==========
>
> Thanks for a short reply.

I do not get any error when running that command. Perhaps your  
PortIndex is corrupted. Try syncing.

Note that you may want "port installed" instead of "port echo  
installed".