fetching distfiles for p5.30-libapreq2 hanging or crashing macOS Big Sur

[Murray Eisenberg]

I’ve reported the bug to Apple (apple.com/feedback <http://apple.com/feedback>).

Meanwhile, is there any workaround?

> On 27 Jan2021, at 5:57 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
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> On Jan 26, 2021, at 19:30, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
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>> I’m migrating MacPorts from Catalina to Big Sur (11.1), following the usual procedure (uninstalled all ports before upgrading; installed CLT for Xcode 12.3; installed base system for Big Sur).
>> 
>> I’ve successfully installed a number of ports, including perl5.30.
>> 
>> But now when I execute 
>> 
>> 	sudo port install p5.30-libapreq2
>> 
>> and I get the response
>> 
>> 	---> Fetching distfiles for p5.30-libapreq2
>> 
>> either nothing happens for a long time (over 15 minutes) or else macOS crashes and automatically restarts!
>> 
>> How to fix this?
> 
> We believe it is a bug in macOS Big Sur. Please report it to Apple so that they fix it. Apparently the more duplicate reports Apple receives about a problem, the more important they consider fixing it.
> 
> See https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61683 <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61683>
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