Unexpected installation problems with MacPorts

[Rodolfo Aramayo]

It goes like this:

Computers iMac Core2duo 4GB RAM
Brand new Hard drive in some of them

Wiped the computers clean
Created one user 'admin'
Installed 10.5 clean installation
Upgraded to 10.6 clean installation
Installed Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice and TextWrangler
Installed MacPorts
and then started installing my favorite ports and here is where the
problems started
crash after crash after crash
the computers (8), with the exception of one ALL crashed repetitively
Things is, their behavior was indistinguishable from computers having
brand new hard drives
I therefore do not suspect hardware failure

I am puzzled however by the fact that some of the errors are related
to permissions problems?? (I am installing as root)
Also the user and group in the /opt/local directory is a mix between
root:admin and root:wheel ?? WHY? shouldn't it be 'macports:wheel'???

an example of some of the errors follows:

--->  Cleaning gtkmm
--->  Computing dependencies for gtksourceview
--->  Dependencies to be installed: libgnomeprint libart_lgpl
libgnomecups libgnomeprintui libgnomecanvas libglade2
Error: Failed to install libart_lgpl
Log for libart_lgpl is at:
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_graphics_libart_lgpl/libart_lgpl/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: libgnomeprint
libart_lgpl libgnomecups libgnomeprintui libgnomecanvas libglade2
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
--->  Computing dependencies for gtkspell2
--->  Cleaning gtkspell2
--->  Computing dependencies for gts
--->  Cleaning gts
....
--->  Cleaning intltool
--->  Cleaning iso-codes
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_itcl/itcl/work/.macports.itcl.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_iwidgets/iwidgets/work/.macports.iwidgets.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_java_jarbundler/jarbundler/work/.macports.jarbundler.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
--->  Computing dependencies for jasper
--->  Cleaning jasper
--->  Cleaning jbigkit
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_jed/jed/work/.macports.jed.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
--->  Cleaning jpeg
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_kakasi/kakasi/work/.macports.kakasi.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
--->  Computing dependencies for latexdiff
--->  Cleaning latexdiff
...
--->  Cleaning libgcrypt
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_libgeoip/libgeoip/work/.macports.libgeoip.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libglade2/libglade2/work/.macports.libglade2.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgnome/libgnome/work/.macports.libgnome.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgnome-keyring/libgnome-keyring/work/.macports.libgnome-keyring.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas/work/.macports.libgnomecanvas.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgnomecups/libgnomecups/work/.macports.libgnomecups.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgnomeprint/libgnomeprint/work/.macports.libgnomeprint.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgnomeprintui/libgnomeprintui/work/.macports.libgnomeprintui.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgnomeui/libgnomeui/work/.macports.libgnomeui.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
--->  Computing dependencies for libgpg-error
--->  Cleaning libgpg-error
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libgsf/libgsf/work/.macports.libgsf.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_libiconv/libiconv/work/.macports.libiconv.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Error: Unable to execute port: couldn't open
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_audio_libid3tag/libid3tag/work/.macports.libid3tag.state":
permission denied
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
--->  Computing dependencies for libidl
--->  Cleaning libidl

Why this behavior with a brand new installation?? in a brand new system OS??

Any Ideas??

Thanks

--R