On 8 Oct 2007, at 08:50, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Oct 8, 2007, at 02:37, David Epstein wrote:
I have just started using Macports and I wonder how to get round the following annoying problem. Each port that I download complains about a number of files (between 5 and 35) that are "unregistered". The install stops at every single error and aborts. As a result, I have a great deal of manual work, deleting these unregistered files, having to restart the install each time. Moreover, using root privileges to delete the unregistered files creates unpleasant opportunities for typos.
I had a glance at the macports-users archive, but couldn't find an index. I tried Google, but couldn't find any sensible leads on this. I read "man port", but it's unclear to me exactly what each option does, and I'm concerned that I'll do the wrong thing.
1. Where can I find a fuller explanation of the options to "port" than that given by "man port"? 2. How should I proceed in the light of the difficulties explained in the first paragraph? 3. I am tempted to download the entire Darwinports/Macports tree, but it looks as though this would take ages even without the manual work described above.
Comments on these 3 points would be welcome.
The entire ports tree is already downloaded to your computer. I believe it's usually in /opt/local/var/macports/sources/ rsync.macports.org/release/ports. That's just the portfiles and some patches, not the distribution source archives of each port.
Please show us the exact error messages you're getting, and what command you've typed to receive it.
I can't reproduce these errors. I tried installing one or two additional packages and they went through without complaint. Luckily a small amount of evidence survives from my xterm's memory and here it is: hottie:~% sudo port install gnupg ---> Activating gnupg 1.4.7_0 Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/ share/locale/locale.alias already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port gnupg. Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. hottie:~% sudo rm -i /opt/local/share/locale/locale.alias remove /opt/local/share/locale/locale.alias? y hottie:~% sudo port install gnupg ---> Activating gnupg 1.4.7_0 ---> Cleaning gnupg I think I would have had to rm and restart about 50 times during installation of gnupg, but fortunately I was able to remove a whole lot of files at once, using Unix * wildcard. Don't like using wildcards when I'm root. Since not one single package I have installed has reported that it is up to date, it looks as though I should do something like "sudo port install all", shouldn't I? David David.Epstein@warwick.ac.uk