-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 18, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Rachel Willmer wrote:
The output of 'port -d -v foo' (where foo is the port you are trying to install) would be helpful.
applecross:~ rachel$ port -d -v osx2x
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/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_ dports_aqua_osx2x/work/.darwinports.osx2x.state is not writable - check permission on port directory while executing "open_statefile" (procedure "eval_variants" line 45) invoked from within "eval_variants variations install" invoked from within "$workername eval eval_variants variations $target" (procedure "dportexec" line 7) invoked from within "dportexec $workername $target" Error: Unable to execute port: /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_ dports_aqua_osx2x/work/.darwinports.osx2x.state is not writable - check permission on port directory
FWIW I have to use sudo to install ports. However I do get the following: sudo port -v install osx2x - ---> Fetching osx2x Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.opendarwin.org:2401/Volumes/ src/cvs/od CVS password: cvs [login aborted]: connect to anoncvs.opendarwin.org (204.152.186.41):2401 failed: Operation timed out Error: Target com.apple.fetch returned: CVS login failed Warning: the following items did not execute (for osx2x): com.apple.activate com.apple.fetch com.apple.extract com.apple.checksum com.apple.patch com.apple.configure com.apple.build com.apple.destroot com.apple.install Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. This is on an up to date, synced version of macports. - -- J. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) iD8DBQFFr7F5vxud+cMTf5IRAqjyAJ9chvYk4IQTriKQB/5YYiAflEpgTgCgv11l b0DohDbzRU/HVhhrfefOIW0= =ao5a -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----