Error in macports upgrade build

[William Davis]

On Apr 7, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Apr 6, 2008, at 22:31, Kok-Yong Tan wrote:
>
>> In the midsts of a "sudo port -vR upgrade installed" command on a  
>> dual 2GHz PowerMac G5 OS 10.4.11 system, it reported this error:
>>
>> Error: Target org.macports.checksum returned: Could not open file: / 
>> opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/ 
>> libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt/libxslt-1.1.22.tar.gzWarning: the  
>> following items did not execute (for libxslt):  
>> org.macports.activate org.macports.extract org.macports.checksum  
>> org.macports.patch org.macports.configure org.macports.build  
>> org.macports.destroot org.macports.installError: The following  
>> dependencies failed to build: gtk-doc scrollkeeper libxslt p5-xml- 
>> parserError: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>>
>> I looked at /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/libxslt/ and  
>> libxslt-1.1.22.tar.gz is certainly there.  Why is there the  
>> extraneous additions of libxslt in the above absolute file path and  
>> how can I fix it (where's the makefile or whatever it uses)?
>
> I have seen this problem myself, but never could determine what  
> caused it. I don't use the -R option. Maybe you should not use it  
> either.
>
> The problem is not the libxslt Makefile, or any other Makefile;  
> there must be a problem in MacPorts base. If anyone can find a  
> consistent way to reproduce this duplicated distfile directory  
> issue, please file a bug.
>

I think the problem is connected with multiple listings of dependency  
on port being installed.
You are installing or upgrading Port A. The register lists the ports  
that depend on A thus:
Port B
Port C
Port D
Port C
Port C
Port B
Port E
Port B
Port C
etc etc

This list appears to lengthen every time you do sudo port -dfun  
upgrade PortA. Since the same things happen with other Ports, the  
process of doing a sudo port -dfunR upgrade PortA and upgrading all  
its dependents gets very complex and time consuming with the same  
port(s) being re-installed many many times.  Perhaps circular  
dependents get created.  In any event, we need (pending a real fix  
that eliminates multiple entires for the same dependent) a tool to  
purge duplicates from the Registry entries for depends of the same port.

I did write this up at some point and file a ticket. Never heard  
anything back.

Just to be clear: Im talking about the Ports that depend on Port A and  
NOT the Ports that Port A depends upon to install.

William Davis
frstanATbellsouthDOTnet
Mac OS X.5.2 Darwin 9.2.2
Xquartz 2.2.0 - (xorg-server 1.3.0-apple13)
Mac Mini Intel Duo @ 1.86 GHz

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