#50527: 'sudo port clean' fails -----------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: bmayer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: | -----------------------+-------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * status: new => closed * cc: ryandesign@… (added) * resolution: => invalid Old description:
I was performing a 'upgrade outdated' and ran into the issue: $ time sudo port upgrade outdated Password: ---> Computing dependencies for qwt61 Error: Unable to exec port: Can't install qwt61 because conflicting ports are active: qwt52 To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide: http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
The next step is to do a 'sudo port clean' as near as I can tell, but that appears to have confused itself.
$ sudo port clean Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not find Portfile in /Users/xok"). Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct. To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
New description: I was performing a 'upgrade outdated' and ran into the issue: {{{ $ time sudo port upgrade outdated Password: ---> Computing dependencies for qwt61 Error: Unable to exec port: Can't install qwt61 because conflicting ports are active: qwt52 To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide: http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets }}} The next step is to do a 'sudo port clean' as near as I can tell, but that appears to have confused itself. {{{ $ sudo port clean Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not find Portfile in /Users/xok"). Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct. To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory. }}} -- Comment: You did not tell MacPorts what port you wanted to clean. However, cleaning won't help in this case. The messages is quite clear: you can't install qwt61 because the conflicting port qwt52 is already active. Decide which of those two ports you want, and uninstall the other. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50527#comment:1> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X