#34292: py27-serial upgrade fails with "xinstall usage: xinstall ..." -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: tommy-macports@… | Owner: snc@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.4 Keywords: | Port: py27-serial -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * owner: macports-tickets@… => snc@… * port: => py27-serial Old description:

My normally-fully up-to-date MacPorts installation failed a selfupgrade with

... ---> Attempting to fetch pyserial-2.6.tar.gz from http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial ---> Verifying checksum(s) for py27-serial ---> Extracting py27-serial ---> Configuring py27-serial ---> Building py27-serial ---> Staging py27-serial into destroot Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: xinstall usage: xinstall [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-W dir] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 file2 xinstall [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-W dir] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory xinstall -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ... Log for py27-serial is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports .org_release_tarballs_ports_python_py-serial/py27-serial/main.log Error: Problem while installing py27-serial To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

New description: My normally-fully up-to-date MacPorts installation failed a selfupgrade with {{{ ... ---> Attempting to fetch pyserial-2.6.tar.gz from http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial ---> Verifying checksum(s) for py27-serial ---> Extracting py27-serial ---> Configuring py27-serial ---> Building py27-serial ---> Staging py27-serial into destroot Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: xinstall usage: xinstall [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-W dir] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 file2 xinstall [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-W dir] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory xinstall -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ... Log for py27-serial is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports .org_release_tarballs_ports_python_py-serial/py27-serial/main.log Error: Problem while installing py27-serial To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> }}} -- -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34292#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#34292: py27-serial upgrade fails with "xinstall usage: xinstall ..." --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: tommy-macports@… | Owner: snc@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.4 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Port: py27-serial | --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment(by tommy-macports@…): What am I missing? I ran it again, and it still fails: 2012-04-30 11:49:47 ~ $ sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade outdated Password: ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync MacPorts base version 2.0.4 installed, MacPorts base version 2.0.4 downloaded. ---> Updating the ports tree ---> MacPorts base is already the latest version The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you should run port upgrade outdated ---> Computing dependencies for py27-serial ---> Staging py27-serial into destroot Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: xinstall usage: xinstall [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-W dir] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 file2 xinstall [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-W dir] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory xinstall -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ... Log for py27-serial is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports .org_release_tarballs_ports_python_py-serial/py27-serial/main.log Error: Problem while installing py27-serial To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34292#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS