list element in braces followed by "}" instead of space

Darren Weber darren.weber.lists at gmail.com
Mon Sep 22 15:28:46 PDT 2008


Yes, Ryan, the receipt contained a syntax problem, related to the
long_description.  I created a ticket about that problem, where I
noted my solution (#16619).

I've now created a new ticket to incorporate a port for libpqxx, Ticket #16621.

It installs and uninstalls for me.  It should be fully tested for
functional integrity against the postgresql83 port.  I've not had time
to configure and run the functional tests.

Thanks!


On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> On Sep 22, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Darren Weber wrote:
>
>> I have a local port repository under my home path where I am testing a
>> new port for libpqxx (see attached).  When I try to install this port,
>> I get the following:
>>
>> [ dweber at elegans ~/ports ]$ sudo port install libpqxx
>> Password:
>> Portfile changed since last build; discarding previous state.
>> --->  Fetching libpqxx
>> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for libpqxx
>> --->  Extracting libpqxx
>> --->  Configuring libpqxx
>> --->  Building libpqxx with target all
>> --->  Staging libpqxx into destroot
>> --->  Installing libpqxx 2.6.9_0
>> list element in braces followed by "}" instead of space
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>>
>> Thereafter, I can't do anything with this port, eg:
>>
>> [ dweber at elegans ~/ports ]$ sudo port lint libpqxx
>> list element in braces followed by "}" instead of space
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>> [ dweber at elegans ~/ports ]$ sudo port clean --all libpqxx
>> Portfile changed since last build; discarding previous state.
>> list element in braces followed by "}" instead of space
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>> [ dweber at elegans ~/ports ]$ sudo port install libpqxx
>> list element in braces followed by "}" instead of space
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>>
>> Is this a sign of corruption somewhere in the macport registry or
>> something?
>
> Yes, this sounds like something wrong got written to the registry. Is it
> even called the registry? I don't know.
>
> Check the file /opt/local/var/macports/receipts/libpqxx/receipt.bz2 -- copy
> it somewhere else, decompress it, look into it, see if it looks like valid
> Tcl. Or attach it here and I'll look at it.
>
> My first guess would be the newlines in your long_description. I'm building
> it now myself to see what's happening, but it will take awhile to build the
> postgresql83 dependency and its dependencies.
>
>
>> For instance:
>>
>> [ dweber at elegans ~/ports ]$ port -v installed
>> Error: port installed failed: list element in braces followed by "}"
>> instead of space
>> No ports are installed.
>>
>> If so, how do I fix this?
>
>
>


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