#41188: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command failed - THE SEQUEL --------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: kelly@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: Mountain Lion, Mavericks | Port: --------------------------------------+-------------------------------- This might superficially seem similar to http://trac.macports.org/ticket/36432, but it's not the same - I tried all that already. I DO have xcode tools installed, as well as the latest XCode, and ALL software on my machine that's in the App Store is currently up-to-date. {{{ ! uname -a Darwin [username] 13.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 }}} It seems that my curl is messed up ever since I updated to Mountain Lion - it worked fine before then. I have been trying everything imaginable to fix it, and was going to try to reinstall via MacPorts, hence this bug report. Here are the current curl results: {{{ ! which curl /usr/bin/curl }}} Found an article on stackexchange saying to reinstall curl using MacPorts and when I tried it failed, saying my ports needed to be updated. So I tried doing this as well. {{{ ! sudo port selfupdate -v ---> Updating the ports tree ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync MacPorts base version 1.9.2 installed, MacPorts base version 2.2.1 downloaded. ---> MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.2.1 Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0777; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command failed (see log for details) }}} NOTE: I can't even FIND the log in Mavericks!! And when I search the net I get conflicting reports on this as well! It's driving me crazy, honestly. Plus I feel as dumb as the dumbest dumb thing. --AND-- {{{ ! sudo port install pv Password: Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name "compiler.blacklist- append" Error: Unable to execute port: upgrade gettext failed To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> }}} --AND-- {{{ ! sudo port install curl Error: Unable to open port: can't read "subport": no such variable To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> }}} Clearly, things are a huge mess, and I REALLY can't afford to start over with a complete clean Mountain Lion / Mavericks install. I'm a developer for a living and it would take at least 10+ hours to recreate everything in my environment. SO - any help appreciated. Thank you, kbell -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41188> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X