MacPorts under Launchd (Snow Leopard)

[Arno Hautala]

I have a script which updates MacPorts and then upgrades any outdated
ports.  Under 10.5 I had this running weekly via launchd.  Now under
10.6 I'm getting errors related to the HOME environment variable.  The
same script completes successfully when run with sudo on the command
line.
I did find a similar problem mentioned in 2007 with a resolution, but
it appears that something has changed in 10.6.  Or could this be an
issue with my install?  I'm seeing the same issue on both of my 10.6
machines.  I did begin my SL migration by wiping away /opt and
reinstalling.

The 2007 thread:
http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2007-May/001721.html
The referenced revision: http://trac.macports.org/changeset/25177

Thanks for your help,

--Arno

The full error from running "/opt/local/bin/port selfupdate" is below

couldn't find HOME environment variable to expand path
    while executing
"file normalize $px"
    (procedure "::tcl::tm::roots" line 7)
    invoked from within
"::tcl::tm::roots {~/Library/Tcl /Library/Tcl /System/Library/Tcl} "
    invoked from within
"if {![interp issafe]} { ::tcl::tm::roots {~/Library/Tcl /Library/Tcl
/System/Library/Tcl} }"
    (file "/System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources/Scripts/tm.tcl"
line 381)
    invoked from within
"source /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources/Scripts/tm.tcl"
    (in namespace eval "::" script line 1)
    invoked from within
"namespace eval :: $auto_index($name)"
    (procedure "auto_load" line 35)
    invoked from within
"auto_load $name [uplevel 1 {::namespace current}]"
    (autoloading "::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler")
    (procedure "::unknown" line 30)
    invoked from within
"::tcl::tm::UnknownHandler  {::tcl::MacOSXPkgUnknown ::tclPkgUnknown} msgcat 0-"
    ("package unknown" script)
    invoked from within
"package require msgcat"
    (file "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/registry1.0/registry.tcl" line 39)
    invoked from within
"source /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/registry1.0/registry.tcl"
    ("package ifneeded registry 1.0" script)
    invoked from within
"package require registry 1.0"
    (procedure "mportinit" line 424)
    invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, couldn't
find HOME environment variable to expand path


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arno  s  hautala    /-\   arno at alum.wpi.edu

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