#30574: Bug: MacPorts 2.0.1 "too many levels of symbolic links" --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Changes (by jmr@…): * milestone: MacPorts Future => Old description:
After installing MacPorts 2.0.1 on a new machine (i.e. no prior version installed,) I get the following error messages in trying to access the port command for anything: couldn't read file "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0/macports_fastload.tcl": too many levels of symbolic links while executing "source [file join "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl" macports1.0 macports_fastload.tcl]" (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 37)
In examining /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0, I find that it is a symlink that points to /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0, in other words, a circular link.
New description: After installing MacPorts 2.0.1 on a new machine (i.e. no prior version installed,) I get the following error messages in trying to access the port command for anything: {{{ couldn't read file "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0/macports_fastload.tcl": too many levels of symbolic links while executing "source [file join "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl" macports1.0 macports_fastload.tcl]" (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 37) }}} In examining /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0, I find that it is a symlink that points to /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0, in other words, a circular link. -- Comment: How did you install? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS