#39864: port installation fails during extraction after update -------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: rharwood@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.2.0 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | -------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): So the problem is: {{{ :debug:extract Executing command line: cd "$prefix/var/macports/build/_prefix_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work" && $prefix/bin/xz -dc '$prefix/var/macports/distfiles/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.xz' | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf - :info:extract /usr/bin/gnutar: autoconf-2.69: Cannot mkdir: Operation not permitted }}} Somehow $prefix isn't getting expanded. Any idea why that is? Have you made any unusual changes to your macports.conf? What's the value of prefix in macports.conf? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39864#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X