[MacPorts] #16146: port gohome spews lots of errors if port doesn't have homepage variable

31 Jul 2008

      #16146: port gohome spews lots of errors if port doesn't have homepage variable
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@macports.org  |       Owner:  macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs                   
Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.7.0                                
 Keywords:                           |  
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 `port gohome` returns lots of lines of errors if the port doesn't define
 the `homepage` variable. Yes, that variable is required according to `port
 lint`, but it would still be nice if this error spew could be reduced down
 to just one line:

 {{{
 $ port gohome arts
 can't read "portinfo(homepage)": no such element in array
     while executing
 "set homepage $portinfo(homepage)"
     ("gohome" arm line 5)
     invoked from within
 "switch -- $action {
                 cat {
                     # Copy the portfile to standard output
                     set f [open $portfile RDONLY]..."
     invoked from within
 "if {[file readable $portfile]} {
             switch -- $action {
                 cat {
                     # Copy the portfile to standard output
     ..."
     ("uplevel" body line 25)
     invoked from within
 "uplevel 1 $block"
     (procedure "foreachport" line 16)
     invoked from within
 "foreachport $portlist {
         # If we have a url, use that, since it's most specific, otherwise
 try to map the portname to a url
         if {$portur..."
     (procedure "action_portcmds" line 12)
     invoked from within
 "$action_proc $action $portlist [array get global_options]"
     (procedure "process_cmd" line 86)
     invoked from within
 "process_cmd $remaining_args"
     invoked from within
 "if { [llength $remaining_args] > 0 } {

     # If there are remaining arguments, process those as a command

     # Exit immediately, by default, unless..."
     (file "/mp/bin/port" line 3207)
 }}}

 I'm using MacPorts trunk @38780.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16146>
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