gross error

[Brandon S Allbery KF8NH]

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On 7/7/10 18:18 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2010, at 19:12, John B Brown wrote:
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>> 	So, after reinstalling the install disc OS, and X11, Xcode and other apps from the install disc, I installed MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg
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> Why not 10.6.4?
> 
> 
>> and 'Xcode 3.2.2' and 'Xcode 3.2.2 and iPhoneSDK 3.2.2'
> 
> You really only need one or the other, depending on whether you want to do iPhone development or not.
> 
> 
>> using disc images downloaded from Apple.com.
>>
>> 	Then I tried to uninstall MacPorts following the http://guide.macports.org/ 2.5. Uninstall directions. UGH!
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>> jbb at pinball3:~
>> (16): % sudo port -f uninstall installed
>> error reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory
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> 
>> 	Might I now wipe that /opt/local tree? Should I have wiped the /opt/X11 tree before doing any of this? They were both installed when Mac OS X 10.6.4 was running. Am I truly screwed?
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> What is /opt/X11? Is that Xquartz? I know it's not part of Mac OS X or MacPorts.

10.6 XQuartz, yes.  It shouldn't interfere with anything in MacPorts,
although launchd may be whining a bit if the launchagent file is still there
(/Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist,
/Library/LaunchDaermons/org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist).

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brandon s. allbery     [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl]      allbery at kf8nh.com
system administrator  [openafs,heimdal,too many hats]  allbery at ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university      KF8NH
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