updating a very old Macports install

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Feb 13, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Bruce J. Carter wrote:

> Absolutely! The only thing that changes is the package name.
> 
> See below:
> expected integer but got "-exclusive" obtaining lock on /opt/local/var/macports/registry/.registry.lock
>     while executing
> "registry::exclusive_lock"
>     (procedure "mportexec" line 32)
>     invoked from within
> "mportexec $workername $install_target"
> Unable to execute target 'install' for port 'gdbm': expected integer but got "-exclusive" obtaining lock on /opt/local/var/macports/registry/.registry.lock
>     while executing
> "install_ports $operationList"
>     (file "./restore_ports.tcl" line 294)

Ok, and what command were you running when you got this message?