$ sudo port -f install MacPorts

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 3, 2008, at 22:26, Charlse Darwin wrote:

> On Jan 3, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> 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_s 
>>>>> ysutils_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.
>
> It all happened after I started playing with xnu (darwin_9, uname - 
> r on my machine returns 8.11.0)
> I have tried installing MacPorts from this package
> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/ 
> MacPorts-1.6.0/MacPorts-1.6.0-10.4-Tiger.dmg
>
> but it failed. I'm thinking maybe I should reinstalling the Xcode too…

XNU is the Mac OS X kernel, yes? What do you mean, playing with it?  
You are running Tiger? If so, what did you mean when you said  
"darwin_9"? In what way did installing MacPorts 1.6.0 from the Tiger  
disk image fail? If you're on Tiger, reinstalling Xcode 2.5 couldn't  
hurt.