#50808: Cannot deactivate port: this entry does not own the given file ------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: reuben@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: duplicate | Keywords: Port: | ------------------------+-------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * status: new => closed * component: ports => base * resolution: => duplicate * port: boost => Old description:
I have upgraded from Mountain Lion to El Capitan and am migrating following the instructions at [https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration]. The one snag is that I cannot deactivate the old version of boost:
{{{ ---> Deactivating boost @1.58.0_3+no_single+no_static+python27 Error: org.macports.deactivate for port boost returned: this entry does not own the given file Please see the log file for port boost for details: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_boost-1.58.0_3_371b161d218eb8a2e929ef6264e243ab3f3b452084f057f14bbe95beb2d06919-12796/boost/main.log Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for boost @1.58.0_3+no_single+no_static+python27 }}}
New description: I have upgraded from Mountain Lion to El Capitan and am migrating following the instructions at [wiki:Migration]. The one snag is that I cannot deactivate the old version of boost: {{{ ---> Deactivating boost @1.58.0_3+no_single+no_static+python27 Error: org.macports.deactivate for port boost returned: this entry does not own the given file Please see the log file for port boost for details: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_boost-1.58.0_3_371b161d218eb8a2e929ef6264e243ab3f3b452084f057f14bbe95beb2d06919-12796/boost/main.log Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for boost @1.58.0_3+no_single+no_static+python27 }}} -- Comment: Others have reported this error before, e.g. in #32700 and https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports- dev/2012-February/017837.html. In that mailing list post, the error was determined to be the result of a single-bit corruption. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50808#comment:1> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X