"The following install step failed: run postflight script for MacPorts-1.6.0."

Fri Feb 8 08:13:52 PST 2008

Does it solve your problem? I suppose that fail happened before trying to
connect to rsync server.
We have firewall in out intranet and don't have a chance to open a port what
I want.

Thanks for reply.

Siarhei  

Stefan Schwarzer wrote:
> 
> You need to open a specific port. I think it's 873.
> 
> Stef
> 
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have the same problem as described. I'm on Leopard.
>> I have "bash" output for "basename $SHELL" command. It seems correct.
>> MANPATH is correct if I try to get it through env command.
>> DISPLAY variable is DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-hpEjq8/:0.
>>
>> Yes, I'm behind firewall too. Do I need to set RSYNC_PROXY variable  
>> in order
>> to update via proxy?
>> Is it possible to get it work or I need to wait 1.6.1?
>>
>> Thanks for work!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Siarhei Barysiuk
>>
>>
>> Juan Manuel Palacios-2 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:00 AM, Stefan Schwarzer wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here are the info. Can it be that it can't connect to MacPorts (for
>>>> an update or so) which causes the problem? I am behind a firewill -
>>>> will have to ask the admin to open port 873 - if that's correct
>>>>
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 Installer[18967]: Localized installer
>>>> script postflight found in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Using
>>>> compatibility mode.
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Unknown
>>>> shell! Please set your MacPorts compatible environment manually.
>>>
>>>
>>> 	The script is built to only tweak the environment for the bash and
>>> tcsh shells, which I attempt to detect in the script. If I don't
>>> detect either I instruct the user to setup his/her environment
>>> manually, since the script is built for a default scenario and shells
>>> other than bash and tcsh (legacy support) are not standard.
>>>
>>> 	What shell are you running? Can you please tell me the output of
>>> "basename $SHELL"?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Checking
>>>> the shell environment for user "schwarzer"...
>>>
>>>
>>> 	Even though the shell was not recognized, the script still went  
>>> ahead
>>> and tried to tweak the environment. My mistake, I should have
>>> instructed it to exit successfully and not do anything else if the
>>> shell can't be determined. This is already fixed and will be in the
>>> next MacPorts pkg installer, whenever that comes around (I'll think
>>> about re-releasing the 1.6.0 installers with an improved script, but
>>> at the moment I have no final word on that).
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: /Users/
>>>> schwarzer/Downloads/8.1.08/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg/Contents/Resources/
>>>> English.lproj/postflight: line 71: /Users/schwarzer/.: Is a  
>>>> directory
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: /Users/
>>>> schwarzer/Downloads/8.1.08/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg/Contents/Resources/
>>>> English.lproj/postflight: line 96: /Users/schwarzer/.: Is a  
>>>> directory
>>>
>>>
>>> 	These errors creep up because the script doesn't have a file to add
>>> the settings to, since it couldn't determine the shell and didn't
>>> exit. Already fixed per my comments above.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Your
>>>> shell already has the right MANPATH environment variable for use
>>>> with MacPorts!
>>>
>>>
>>> 	Expected: no shell could be determined and therefore, most likely,  
>>> no
>>> MANPATH variable was found; in such case the script refrains from
>>> adding anything to MANPATH (see "destails of the postflight script"  
>>> at
>>> http://guide.macports.org/#installing.macports
>>>  for more details)
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:23 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Your
>>>> shell already has the right DISPLAY environment variable for use
>>>> with MacPorts!
>>>
>>>
>>> 	Expected if you're on Leopard, are you? In any other case, adding a
>>> DISPLAY variable would have been attempted and an error such as
>>>
>>> Users/schwarzer/Downloads/8.1.08/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg/Contents/ 
>>> Resources/
>>> English.lproj/postflight: line 71: /Users/schwarzer/.: Is a directory
>>>
>>> 	should have occurred.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Synchronizing the MacPorts installation with the project's rsync
>>>> server...
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.macports.org/
>>>> release/ports/
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: rsync:
>>>> failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Connection refused (61)
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: rsync
>>>> error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-30/
>>>> rsync/clientserver.c(94)
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Error: /
>>>> opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the ports
>>>> tree: Synchronization the local ports tree failed doing rsync
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: An
>>>> attempt to synchronize your recent MacPorts installation with the
>>>> project's rsync server failed!
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]: Please
>>>> run 'port -d selfupdate' manually to find out the cause of the  
>>>> error.
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 runner[18974]: postflight[18990]:
>>>> Jan  9 07:25:24 gridmac7 Installer[18967]: Install failed: The
>>>> following install step failed: run postflight script for
>>>> MacPorts-1.6.0. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
>>>
>>>
>>> 	"selfupdate" failed for some reason, probably rsync blocking, and  
>>> the
>>> script bailed out with an error code. I've corrected this behavior  
>>> too.
>>>
>>> 	Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated!
>>>
>>> 	Regards,...
>>> -jmpp
>>>
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