I am trying to build locally a port (readline 5.2) by adding file:///Users/artemio/Archive/dports-dev to /opt/local/etc/ports/sources.conf, using a modification of the standard readline 5.1 portfile that I put in my local port directory (/Users/artemio/Archive/dports-dev/devel/readline). After cd'ing to said directory, I execute the command sudo port -dv build However, this fails miserably as follows: ======================================================================== ======================== DEBUG: Changing to port directory: . DEBUG: Changing to port directory: . DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Executing com.apple.main (readline) ---> Fetching readline DEBUG: Executing com.apple.fetch (readline) ---> Verifying checksum(s) for readline DEBUG: Executing com.apple.checksum (readline) ---> Extracting readline DEBUG: Executing com.apple.extract (readline) ---> Extracting readline-5.2.tar.gz DEBUG: setting option extract.args to /opt/local/var/db/dports/ distfiles/readline/readline-5.2.tar.gz DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ _Users_artemio_Archive_dports-dev_devel_readline/work" && gzip -dc / opt/local/var/db/dports/distfiles/readline/readline-5.2.tar.gz | /usr/ bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf -' gzip: /opt/local/var/db/dports/distfiles/readline/ readline-5.2.tar.gz: No such file or directory DEBUG: Executing com.apple.patch (readline) ---> Applying patches to readline Error: Target com.apple.patch returned: couldn't change working directory to "/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ _Users_artemio_Archive_dports-dev_devel_readline/work/readline-5.2": no such file or directory Warning: the following items did not execute (for readline): com.apple.build com.apple.patch com.apple.configure Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. ======================================================================== ======================== If I create by hand the missing directory /opt/local/var/db/dports/ build/_Users_artemio_Archive_dports-dev_devel_readline/work/ readline-5.2 here's the error I get: ======================================================================== ======================== DEBUG: Changing to port directory: . DEBUG: Changing to port directory: . DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.main (readline) DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.fetch (readline) DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.checksum (readline) DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.extract (readline) DEBUG: Executing com.apple.patch (readline) ---> Applying patches to readline ---> Applying /Users/artemio/Archive/dports-dev/devel/readline/files/ readline52-001 DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ _Users_artemio_Archive_dports-dev_devel_readline/work/readline-5.2" && patch -p0' can't find file to patch at input line 22 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- | READLINE PATCH REPORT | ===================== | |Readline-Release: 5.2 |Patch-ID: readline52-001 | |Bug-Reported-by: ebb9@byu.net |Bug-Reference-ID: <45540862.9030900@byu.net> |Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/ 2006-11/msg00017.html | http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/ 2006-11/msg00016.html | |Bug-Description: | |In some cases, code that is intended to be used in the presence of multibyte |characters is called when no such characters are present, leading to incorrect |display position calculations and incorrect redisplay. | |Patch: | |*** ../readline-5.2/display.c Thu Sep 14 14:20:12 2006 |--- display.c Mon Nov 13 17:55:57 2006 -------------------------- File to patch: Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored Error: Target com.apple.patch returned: shell command "cd "/opt/local/ var/db/dports/build/_Users_artemio_Archive_dports-dev_devel_readline/ work/readline-5.2" && patch -p0 < "/Users/artemio/Archive/dports-dev/ devel/readline/files/readline52-001"" returned error 1 Command output: can't find file to patch at input line 22 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- | READLINE PATCH REPORT | ===================== ... -------------------------- File to patch: Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored Warning: the following items did not execute (for readline): com.apple.build com.apple.patch com.apple.configure Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. ======================================================================== ======================== Simpler commands like sudo port -dv fetch are totally ignored: DEBUG: Changing to port directory: . DEBUG: Changing to port directory: . DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port readline. DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.main (readline) DEBUG: Skipping completed com.apple.fetch (readline) I wonder if I'm missing something really obvious here (I used to build my local ports with a previous version of darwinports, and never had such a problem). Any suggestions/pointers? Cheers, Artemio Artemio Gonzalez-Lopez artemio@eresmas.net