odd problem with port command

[Richard DeLaurell]

Sounds like this:

http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-tickets/2010-August/063430.html

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:00:01AM -0700, kevin beckford wrote:
> Ordinarily, I pull down the git repo into my home directory, sync from
> there and install with sudo:
> 
> git fetch
> port sync
> port outdated
> sudo port -u upgrade outdated
> 
> I can tweak a few things, such as adding lua support to vim, simple
> upgrades of ports, etc. Works.
> 
> Foolishly I decided to try to update the port binaries, which were at
> 1.9.99.  Now when I try to install a port, or upgrade, I get this:
> 
> DEBUG: changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
> DEBUG: egid changed to: 4294967294
> DEBUG: euid changed to: 4294967294
> DEBUG: could not read
> "/Users/kb/src/trunk/dports/net/wireshark-devel/Portfile": permission
> denied
>     while executing
> "file mtime ${portpath}/Portfile"
>     (procedure "open_statefile" line 46)
>     invoked from within
> "open_statefile"
>     (procedure "check_variants" line 29)
>     invoked from within
> "check_variants install"
>     invoked from within
> "$workername eval check_variants $target"
>     (procedure "mportexec" line 5)
>     invoked from within
> "mportexec $workername install"
> Error: Unable to upgrade port: could not read
> "/Users/kb/src/trunk/dports/net/wireshark-devel/Portfile": permission
> denied
> To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
> [root:8va:0:~ ]#
> 
> As can be seen, I'm running this as root, so no permissions problems
> should be seen.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this? I kind of need to install ruby :(
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