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

[Juan Manuel Palacios]

On Jan 9, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
>> 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.
>
> So the postflight script failed because it couldn't connect to the  
> rsync server. Doesn't matter why it happened (whether our rsync  
> server was down (which it wasn't) or whether the user's firewall  
> prevented the connection); we should ensure that any inability to  
> connect to the rsync server does not cause the postflight script to  
> fail like that. Best thing would be if we could pop up a friendly  
> message to the user that they need to update their installation  
> themselves, but it might also be ok to just silently fail. In any  
> event, the installation in the Installer should complete.


	Done!


-jmpp