#30574: Bug: MacPorts 2.0.1 "too many levels of symbolic links" --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Changes (by jmr@…): * milestone: MacPorts Future => Old description:

After installing MacPorts 2.0.1 on a new machine (i.e. no prior version installed,) I get the following error messages in trying to access the port command for anything: couldn't read file "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0/macports_fastload.tcl": too many levels of symbolic links while executing "source [file join "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl" macports1.0 macports_fastload.tcl]" (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 37)

In examining /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0, I find that it is a symlink that points to /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0, in other words, a circular link.

New description: After installing MacPorts 2.0.1 on a new machine (i.e. no prior version installed,) I get the following error messages in trying to access the port command for anything: {{{ couldn't read file "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0/macports_fastload.tcl": too many levels of symbolic links while executing "source [file join "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl" macports1.0 macports_fastload.tcl]" (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 37) }}} In examining /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0, I find that it is a symlink that points to /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0, in other words, a circular link. -- Comment: How did you install? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#30574: Bug: MacPorts 2.0.1 "too many levels of symbolic links" --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by vulcan_@…): I see the same problem updating from pre-2.0 version macports to version 2.0.1 via selfupdate. I am on Snow Leopard 10.6.8 I have attached the verbose output of the selfupdate. I have not been able to isolate the place where it blows away the folder and replaces it with the bad link .. but it must be in there somewhere. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#30574: Bug: MacPorts 2.0.1 "too many levels of symbolic links" --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by alton@…): Tried removing and installing xcode as well as checking out the latest from SVN. Still same error. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#30574: macports_fastload.tcl: too many levels of symbolic links --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by alantech@…): Replying to [comment:6 ryandesign@…]:

I'm sure I've fielded this question before recently, but I cannot find it now. I presume the problem is that /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0 is a symlink to itself? Or is it that /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl is a symlink to /Library/Tcl? A solution to that would be to remove /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl and install MacPorts again. No joy. The file is created as a symlink to itself. And before you ask, /Library/Tcl does not exist and is not created by the install.

-- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:7> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#30574: macports_fastload.tcl: too many levels of symbolic links --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by alton@…): Tried with 2.0.3 and it still doesn't work. Still have the "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0 -> /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0" symlink. I have dug and dug on this and can't find the issue. Does anyone have a clue? The inability to use all my ports or reinstall them (I removed them in my uninstall/ reinstall troubleshooting method) is a pretty big issue. Any word from the maintainer? Does this work for others and all of us on here are tickling some pesky bug? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:9> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#30574: macports_fastload.tcl: too many levels of symbolic links --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by macports.good@…): I removed MacPorts with the nuclear option: sudo rm -v -rf /opt/local /Applications/DarwinPorts /Applications/MacPorts /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* /Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg /Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup /Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 ~/.macports /opt/mports /private/var/db/receipts/org.macports.MacPorts.* Same with Xcode: /Library/Developer/4.1/uninstall-devtool; rm -rf /Library/Developer/; Then, I downloaded and installed the latest version of Xcode from the App Store, then installed MacPorts from MacPorts-2.0.3-10.7-Lion.dmg. What I end up with is a broken soft link at /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0 and the file macports_fastload.tcl exists nowhere on my system. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:11> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#30574: macports_fastload.tcl: too many levels of symbolic links --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by macports.good@…): It seems that in addition to the "nuclear option" I used above, I needed to also completely delete /Library/Tcl (which seemed to be a broken link), then I ran the installer and everything works. I also tested installing in a virtual machine with a fresh install of Lion, and it worked fine. So the issue somehow seems to be upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:13> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#30574: macports_fastload.tcl: too many levels of symbolic links --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: alantech@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.1 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by macports.good@…): Right, lost my head there for a bit - this happens when upgrading from 1.x to 2.x, not during OS update. I was able to install 1.x using SVN on Lion, then did an upgrade, and had the same problem. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30574#comment:15> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS