#15572: readline 5.2.012 fails to install (no such file or directory) --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: silverdemon@sitosis.com | Owner: macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Bugs Component: ports | Version: 1.6.0 Resolution: | Keywords: --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@macports.org): * cc: jkh@apple.com (added) * milestone: => Port Bugs Comment: Yes, `-d` implies `-v`. `-v` does not imply `-d`. `-d` is a superset of `-v`. `-d` includes all information from `-v` and then some. `-v` is "verbose" and `-d` is "debug" (which is more verbose). All the output you got following "Removing build directory for readline" is expected -- you must have been in the build directory, and then MacPorts deleted the build directory, and then it didn't know how to put your shell back into that directory when it was done. No harm should come of these error messages. The port was installed properly. The messages would not have appeared had you run the port command from a directory that still existed when the port command finished. As to the actual problem of share/info/dir not existing, that's curious. I've never had this problem installing readline on several machines with several OS versions over the years. And the directive to remove that item has been in the portfile since r7643, which was committed almost four years ago (although the log message for that revision does not explain why it is being deleted; Cc'ing the committer of that revision for clarification). It looks like you're on a PowerPC with Mac OS X 10.5.3... That's one configuration I haven't used yet. What version of Xcode and MacPorts do you have? We could certainly modify the portfile to only delete the item if it exists. But before we do that it might be nice to understand why it has existed for everyone else installing the port over the past four years but not for you! :-) -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/15572#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS