#34349: dbus 1.4.20_0 +startupitem activation error ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: blair@… | Owner: mcalhoun@… Type: defect | Status: reopened Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: dbus | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by ryandesign@…): * cc: ryandesign@…, pixilla@…, Angelo.Graziosi@… (added) * status: closed => reopened * resolution: duplicate => Comment: This is not a duplicate; this is a new problem. Angelo Graziosi sent the following transcript by private email: {{{ $ sudo port selfupdate $ sudo port outdated The following installed ports are outdated: dbus 1.4.18_0 < 1.4.20_0 $ sudo port upgrade dbus ---> Computing dependencies for dbus ---> Fetching archive for dbus ---> Attempting to fetch dbus-1.4.20_0+startupitem.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/dbus ---> Attempting to fetch dbus-1.4.20_0+startupitem.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from http://packages.macports.org/dbus ---> Installing dbus @1.4.20_0+startupitem ---> Cleaning dbus ---> Computing dependencies for dbus ---> Deactivating dbus @1.4.18_0 ---> Cleaning dbus ---> Activating dbus @1.4.20_0+startupitem ############################################################################ # Startup items have been generated that will aid in # starting dbus with launchd. They are disabled # by default. Execute the following command to start them, # and to cause them to launch at startup: # # sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus- system.plist # launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus- session.plist ############################################################################ Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: could not set owner for file "/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist": no such file or directory }}} This suggests that the problem exists only when users get a pre-compiled binary, not when building from source (which I verified works fine). -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34349#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS