#32477: Root upgrade from 5.30.03_0 to 5.32.0_0 fails -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: david.w.watson@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.3 Keywords: | Port: root -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Comment(by jonesc@…): Also, scanning through your log I found {{{ :debug:build Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root. :debug:destroot destroot phase started at Fri Dec 9 14:12:21 CST 2011 :notice:destroot ---> Staging root into destroot :debug:destroot Can't run destroot under sudo without elevated privileges (due to mtree). :debug:destroot Run destroot without sudo to avoid root privileges. :debug:destroot Going to escalate privileges back to root. :debug:destroot euid changed to: 0. egid changed to: 0. }}} Did you by chance forget to run the build as root, using sudo ? Chris -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/32477#comment:9> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS