#14321: Moving from Darwin Ports to MacPorts: Registry corruption -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: jlnicolson@gmail.com | Owner: macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: High | Milestone: MacPorts base bugs Component: base | Version: 1.6.0 Resolution: | Keywords: -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Changes (by jmpp@macports.org): * component: ports => base * milestone: Port Bugs => MacPorts base bugs Old description:

I am using Mac OS X Tiger.

I have used darwinports for a long time. I upgraded to macports a couple of months ago, I regularly saw error messages such "this port is already installed" when upgrading my packages I uninstalled then reinstalled the package. This has been fine until now, I had tetex installed when I tried to install texlive, I had to remove tetex, when I did this a registry error occured. I assumed my registry was corrupted and did the following:

sudo rm -rf ${prefix} \ /Applications/MacPorts \ /Applications/DarwinPorts \ /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \ /Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \ /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \ /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \ /Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg \ /Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \ /etc/manpaths.d/macports \ /etc/paths.d/macports

When trying to install the latest macports the installer kept reporting "please try installing again", when I run from the command line I get this:

james@edufb12@02:47 pm:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/installer -dumplog -verbose -pkg /Volumes/MacPorts-1.6.0/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg -target /Volumes/sally/ installer[1950]: Localized installer scripts detected in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Switching to compatibility mode. installer[1950]: Distribution: MacPorts installer: Package name is MacPorts installer: Installing onto volume mounted at /. installer: Preparing for installation..... installer[1950]: Localized installer script preflight found in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Using compatibility mode. installer[1950]: Localized installer script postflight found in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Using compatibility mode. installer[1950]: Starting installation: installer: Preparing the Disk..... installer[1950]: Preparing volume "sally" for installation installer: Preparing Target Volume installer[1950]: Configuring volume "sally" installer[1950]: Preparing local booted disk #installer[1950]: Create temporary directory "/private/tmp/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg.1950ATfxuo"

installer: Preparing MacPorts..... installer: Running MacPorts Installer script installer[1950]: run preflight script for MacPorts installer[1950]: Localized installer script preflight found in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Using compatibility mode. installer[1950]: Install failed: The following install step failed: run preflight script for MacPorts installer: The install failed.

New description: I am using Mac OS X Tiger. I have used darwinports for a long time. I upgraded to macports a couple of months ago, I regularly saw error messages such "this port is already installed" when upgrading my packages I uninstalled then reinstalled the package. This has been fine until now, I had tetex installed when I tried to install texlive, I had to remove tetex, when I did this a registry error occured. I assumed my registry was corrupted and did the following: {{{ sudo rm -rf ${prefix} \ /Applications/MacPorts \ /Applications/DarwinPorts \ /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \ /Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \ /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \ /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \ /Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg \ /Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \ /etc/manpaths.d/macports \ /etc/paths.d/macports }}} When trying to install the latest macports the installer kept reporting "please try installing again", when I run from the command line I get this: {{{ james@edufb12@02:47 pm:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/installer -dumplog -verbose -pkg /Volumes/MacPorts-1.6.0/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg -target /Volumes/sally/ installer[1950]: Localized installer scripts detected in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Switching to compatibility mode. installer[1950]: Distribution: MacPorts installer: Package name is MacPorts installer: Installing onto volume mounted at /. installer: Preparing for installation..... installer[1950]: Localized installer script preflight found in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Using compatibility mode. installer[1950]: Localized installer script postflight found in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Using compatibility mode. installer[1950]: Starting installation: installer: Preparing the Disk..... installer[1950]: Preparing volume "sally" for installation installer: Preparing Target Volume installer[1950]: Configuring volume "sally" installer[1950]: Preparing local booted disk #installer[1950]: Create temporary directory "/private/tmp/MacPorts-1.6.0.pkg.1950ATfxuo" installer: Preparing MacPorts..... installer: Running MacPorts Installer script installer[1950]: run preflight script for MacPorts installer[1950]: Localized installer script preflight found in the MacPorts-1.6.0 package. Using compatibility mode. installer[1950]: Install failed: The following install step failed: run preflight script for MacPorts installer: The install failed. }}} Comment: Such failure would be my fault, as I wrote most of the migration code form DarwinPorts to MacPorts. Can you please provide me with more information? I'd need to know for certain what pkg installer you are using and your host platform (OS X version). A view of the `/opt/local/var/db/dports` and `/opt/local/var/macports` directories would also be very helpful, plus a manual run of the `preflight` script (__after__ providing me with the view of those directories). To perform the latter please execute the following in a shell: {{{ curl -O http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/branches/release_1_6/base/portmg... && chmod +x preflight set -x && sudo ./preflight 2>&1 | tee preflight.log }}} That'll create a `preflight.log` file where a debug run of the script will be recorded. It'd be great if you could attach that to this ticket. And as for the other information I request, comments in this ticket would suffice. But please read WikiFormatting and our [http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets ticketing guidelines] to learn how to properly paste console output (I'm particularly interested in that you use the `{{{ }}}` wrappers for proper Trac formatting). Thanks! -jmpp -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/14321#comment:1> MacPorts </projects/macports> Ports system for Mac OS