Foiled Again

[Joshua Root]

Michael Newman wrote:

> This morning I upgraded my 2019 iMac to Sequoia and then did a port migrate.
>
> I think everything went OK, except for the following:
>
>      The following ports could not be restored:
>       - nbsmtp
>         Failed: Unable to execute target 'activate' for port nbsmtp - see its log
>      for details
>
> When I look at what I think is the log, I see this at the end, which means nothing to me:
>
> :error:build Failed to build nbsmtp: command execution failed
> :debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 70925 2
> :debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
> :debug:build     while executing
> :debug:build "system {*}$notty {*}$callback {*}$nice $fullcmdstring"
> :debug:build     invoked from within
> :debug:build "command_exec -callback portprogress::target_progress_callback build"
> :debug:build     (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 10)
> :debug:build     invoked from within
> :debug:build "$procedure $targetname"
> :error:build See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_mail_nbsmtp/nbsmtp/main.log for details.

About all that particular part of the log means is "running some shell 
command failed during the build phase". The relevant error will be 
earlier. This is part of why we always ask for full logs; end users 
can't be expected to know which parts of the log are relevant.

> When I search for a ticket for nbsmtp I find nothing. (But I’m not very good at searching.)

The easiest way to check if there are any tickets open against a port is 
probably to go to its page on ports.macports.org, click "Details", and 
check the "Trac Tickets" tab. It looks like there are not any open 
tickets in this case. There's a handy "Report an Issue with this port" 
link on the same page.

> What next?

Open a ticket and add the complete main.log as an attachment.

- Josh