#39101: Dreaded error back - Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ---------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: david@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.3 Keywords: | Port: port ---------------------+-------------------------------- Unsure how this started. Maybe I've munged something. Someone let me know if this is something for me to fix or a real bug. Read through past tickets relating to this. Tried lots of things. No joy. port clean all - works. port clean of one package works... {{{ David-Favor-iMac# port -dv clean sox DEBUG: Copying /Users/david/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist to /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library/Preferences DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/audio/sox DEBUG: OS darwin/12.3.0 (Mac OS X 10.8) arch i386 DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre- existing procedure. Target override will not be provided DEBUG: adding the default universal variant DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf DEBUG: Executing org.macports.main (sox) DEBUG: clean phase started at Tue May 14 07:52:35 CDT 2013 ---> Cleaning sox DEBUG: Executing org.macports.clean (sox) ---> Removing work directory for sox DEBUG: No work directory found to remove at /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_audio_sox/sox DEBUG: No work directory found to remove at /Users/david/.macports/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_audio_sox/sox DEBUG: No log directory found to remove at /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_audio_sox }}} port -dv clean - fails David-Favor-iMac# port -dv clean DEBUG: Copying /Users/david/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist to /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library/Preferences DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /Applications Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not find Portfile in /Applications"). Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct. To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39101> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X