[MacPorts] #34292: py27-serial upgrade fails with "xinstall usage: xinstall ..."

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#34292: py27-serial upgrade fails with "xinstall usage: xinstall ..."
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 Reporter:  tommy-macports@…         |       Owner:  snc@…           
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                  
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  2.0.4           
 Keywords:                           |        Port:  py27-serial     
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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>
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34292#comment:1>
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