$ sudo port -f install MacPorts

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 3, 2008, at 22:11, Charlse Darwin wrote:

> On Jan 3, 2008, at 10:12 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Jan 3, 2008, at 16:32, Charlse Darwin wrote:
>>
>>> $ sudo port -f install MacPorts
>>> Portfile changed since last build; discarding previous state.
>>> --->  Fetching MacPorts
>>> --->  Attempting to fetch MacPorts-1.6.0.tar.gz from http:// 
>>> svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/MacPorts-1.6.0
>>> --->  Attempting to fetch MacPorts-1.6.0.tar.gz from http:// 
>>> svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/general/ 
>>> MacPorts-1.6.0
>>> --->  Attempting to fetch MacPorts-1.6.0.tar.gz from http:// 
>>> svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/MacPorts-1.6.0
>>> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for MacPorts
>>> --->  Extracting MacPorts
>>> --->  Configuring MacPorts
>>> Fixing your MacOSX10.4u installation by copying libtclstub8.4.a  
>>> to /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/ 
>>> Tcl.framework/Versions/8.4/libtclstub8.4.a
>>> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure:  
>>> shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
>>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_sys 
>>> utils_MacPorts/work/MacPorts-1.6.0" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/ 
>>> local --enable-readline " returned error 1
>>> Command output: configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh ./config.sub
>>>
>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>> $
>>
>> Out of curiosity, why do you want to install the MacPorts port?
>
> `Command output: configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh ./config.sub'  
> shows up in every port that I'm trying to install, I just though  
> reinstalling MacPorts might help.

Oh, I didn't realize that. Well that certainly shouldn't be.

Reinstalling MacPorts might help. But I don't think installing the  
port called MacPorts is the way to do that. At least, that's not  
documented anywhere.