Error installing rdiff-backup
Scott Haneda
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Mon Aug 17 20:03:46 PDT 2009
It would be nice if ports could print out the versions in cases lke
this. If they are equal, maybe it could just move along. A simple
"yes, I want to overwrite", or a "no, I want to abort", could be a
nice way of dealing with this.
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On Aug 17, 2009, at 7:10 PM, "S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)" <smibrahim at gmail.com
> wrote:
> looks like /opt/local/bin/xattr is also used by another port xattr,
> and that port is already active. that's why you are getting this
> message. you can active manualy py25-xattr by "sudo port -f activate
> py25-xattr"
>
>
> :)
>
> 2009/8/18 Peter Trudelle <trudelle at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just tried to install rdiff-backup on 10.5.8, which seemed to be
>> fine
>> until the following snippit. Apparently, it wants to overwrite the
>> lone
>> file in the installed xattr port. Seems like that should never
>> happen, but
>> is the version it installs equivalent?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> running install_scripts
>> Installing xattr script to
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/
>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py25-
>> xattr/work/destroot/opt/local/bin
>> Installing py25-xattr @0.5_0
>> Activating py25-xattr @0.5_0
>> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error:
>> /opt/local/bin/xattr is being used by the active xattr port. Please
>> deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate py25-xattr' to
>> force
>> the activation.
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for py25-xattr):
>> org.macports.activate
>> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: py25-xattr
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>> Executing: /opt/local/bin/port -v install rdiff-backup
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