Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Xcode 2.3.6) problem with python27 upgrade

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 20, 2013, at 20:57, Kevin Layer wrote:

> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> On May 20, 2013, at 18:13, Kevin Layer wrote:
>> 
>>> :error:install org.macports.install for port python27 returned: no destroot found at: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_python27/python27/work/destroot
>> 
>> This sounds like #29223, except that it was fixed in MacPorts 2.1.3.
>> 
>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/29223
>> 
>> Perhaps you had last tried to install python27 with MacPorts 2.1.2 or earlier. Please run "sudo port clean python27" and try again.

> I tried that already, but tried it again to make sure.  Results below.


> --->  Computing dependencies for python27
> --->  Fetching archive for python27
> --->  Attempting to fetch python27-2.7.3_1+universal.darwin_10.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/python27
> --->  Attempting to fetch python27-2.7.3_1+universal.darwin_10.i386-x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from http://packages.macports.org/python27

Note that python27 was updated to 2.7.5 yesterday; you should "sudo port selfupdate" to receive this and other updates, then re-try upgrading python27. No universal packages for python27 @2.7.5 are available yet, so you'll be building it from source instead of using a pre-built package as you were with @2.7.3_1.


> --->  Installing python27 @2.7.3_1+universal
> Error: org.macports.install for port python27 returned: @name python27-2.7.3_1+universal
> @portname python27
> @portepoch 2
> @portversion 2.7.3
> @portrevision 1
> @archs i386 x86_64
> @portvariant +universal

[snip]

This looks like the contents of the "+CONTENTS" file in the binary package. I don't know why MacPorts would decide to display that to you. But I also haven't used our precompiled binaries so I'm not familiar with exactly how they work or what the behavior is when things go wrong.