Unable to install xz

Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolcott at gmail.com
Sat Dec 10 04:03:56 UTC 2022


Hi Josh;

Yep, I guess so as a full "sudo port -v upgrade outdated" just
successfully completed :-)

Is the correct takeaway from this is not to use the trace flag with
the port commands for now on MacOS Ventura?

Thanks,
Ken

On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 7:46 PM Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
>
> Sounds like the failed attempt in trace mode left the work dir in a bad
> state which was cleared up by cleaning it. There's a reason our
> troubleshooting advice usually starts with 'port clean ...'. :)
>
> I guess now that it has succeeded and the logs are cleaned away, the
> record of exactly how it failed in between is gone.
>
> - Josh
>
> On 2022-12-10 13:42 , Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> > Hi Joshua;
> >
> >    Well, I slightly mis-spoke.  Using verbose without trace, xz install
> > still fails but does not have an explicit error code.
> >
> >    Wow, I deleted the contents of the xz work directory and tried to
> > install again, now it works with verbose mode enabled but disabled
> > trace mode.
> >
> >    I'm quite confused.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 6:24 PM Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> If it fails in exactly the same way without trace mode, i.e. during the
> >> extract phase with the message "Killed by signal: 9", please add your
> >> terminal transcript and corresponding log to
> >> <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/66358>.
> >>
> >> - Josh
> >>
> >> On 2022-12-10 05:40 , Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> >>> HI Josua;
> >>>
> >>>     It fails without "-t" as well.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Ken
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 3:59 AM Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Killed by signal: 9
> >>>>> Error: Failed to extract xz: command execution failed
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Happens with many of the ports.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What is wrong with my system?
> >>>>
> >>>> This seems to only happen on Ventura and only when using trace mode.
> >>>> There's a ticket open in Trac, but I don't think anyone has been able to
> >>>> analyse what's happening yet.
> >>>>
> >>>> The workaround in the meantime is of course to not use trace mode.
> >>>>
> >>>> - Josh
> >>>>
> >>
>


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