failure of "port selfupdate"

William H. Magill magill at me.com
Mon Dec 20 10:28:58 PST 2010 

On Dec 19, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Dec 19, 2010, at 20:01, William H. Magill wrote:
> 
>> I just decided I should probably check on the status of my macports install and got the following...
>> 
>> ==================<cut here>============
>> sudo port selfupdate
>> --->  Updating the ports tree
>> --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
>> MacPorts base version 1.8.2 installed,
>> MacPorts base version 1.9.2 downloaded.
>> --->  MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 1.9.2
>> Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl
>> 
>> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command "cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-directory-mode=0755 --enable-readline && make && make install" returned error 1
>> ==================<cut here>============
>> 
>> Something I did, or is something broken?
> 
> Unfortunately the output MacPorts printed above has no information about what went wrong.... and I don't know if it writes a logfile anywhere. If we can't resolve it with the steps below, you may have to redo the selfupdate with the debug switch to get more information (i.e. "sudo port -d selfupdate").
> 
> 
>> Don't see anything obviously wrong.  
>> When I check /opt/local from my id (not su), I noticed that "/opt/local/man" is a link which for some reason is giving me a "Permission denied.
>> 
>> ls: ./man: Permission denied
>> 4 lrwx------  1 root  admin  9 Feb 12  2010 ./man
> 
> That seems to show that ./man is an actual directory, not a symlink as it should be, and that it has permissions 700 instead of 755. Fix the permissions of this directory with:
> 
> sudo chmod 755 ./man
> 
> If the files and directories inside it also have incorrect permissions, more involved permissions fixing may be necessary.

I've seen this "problem" before, and I've never gotten a satisfactory explanation for it.
/opt/local/man IS a symbolic link, not a directory, yet the link has different permissions than the underlying directory.
(note, no acl involved.)

As root:

sudo ls -alse /opt/local
total 4
0 drwxr-xr-x  13 root  admin   442 Feb 12  2010 .
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 ..
0 drwxr-xr-x  27 root  admin   918 Feb 12  2010 bin
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 etc
0 drwxr-xr-x   5 root  admin   170 Sep 19  2009 include
0 drwxr-xr-x  35 root  admin  1190 Feb 12  2010 lib
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 libexec
4 lrwx------   1 root  admin     9 Feb 12  2010 man -> share/man
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 sbin
0 drwxr-xr-x   9 root  admin   306 Feb 12  2010 share
0 drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin    68 Feb 12  2010 src
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 var
0 drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin    68 Feb 12  2010 www

sudo ls -als /opt/local/share
total 0
0 drwxr-xr-x   9 root  admin   306 Feb 12  2010 .
0 drwxr-xr-x  13 root  admin   442 Feb 12  2010 ..
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 info
0 drwxr-xr-x   5 root  admin   170 Feb 12  2010 macports
0 drwxr-xr-x  24 root  admin   816 Aug 27  2009 man
0 drwxr-xr-x  85 root  admin  2890 Aug 27  2009 nls
0 drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin    68 Feb 12  2010 skel
0 drwxr-xr-x   6 root  admin   204 Sep 19  2009 tabset
0 drwxr-xr-x  44 root  admin  1496 Sep 19  2009 terminfo

as myself:

ls -als /opt/local
total 4
0 drwxr-xr-x  13 root  admin   442 Feb 12  2010 .
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 ..
0 drwxr-xr-x  27 root  admin   918 Feb 12  2010 bin
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 etc
0 drwxr-xr-x   5 root  admin   170 Sep 19  2009 include
0 drwxr-xr-x  35 root  admin  1190 Feb 12  2010 lib
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 libexec

ls: /opt/local/man: Permission denied
4 lrwx------   1 root  admin     9 Feb 12  2010 man
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 sbin
0 drwxr-xr-x   9 root  admin   306 Feb 12  2010 share
0 drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin    68 Feb 12  2010 src
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 var
0 drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin    68 Feb 12  2010 www

ls -als /opt/local/share
total 0
0 drwxr-xr-x   9 root  admin   306 Feb 12  2010 .
0 drwxr-xr-x  13 root  admin   442 Feb 12  2010 ..
0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Aug 27  2009 info
0 drwxr-xr-x   5 root  admin   170 Feb 12  2010 macports
0 drwxr-xr-x  24 root  admin   816 Aug 27  2009 man
0 drwxr-xr-x  85 root  admin  2890 Aug 27  2009 nls
0 drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin    68 Feb 12  2010 skel
0 drwxr-xr-x   6 root  admin   204 Sep 19  2009 tabset
0 drwxr-xr-x  44 root  admin  1496 Sep 19  2009 terminfo


> What's in this directory, and was it provided by a MacPorts port? This should let you find out:
> 
> find ./man -type f -print0 | xargs -0 port provides

This command (executed from /opt/local) returns nothing.

I would assume that the link was created by either macports or possibly darwinports, ages ago.

> Ports should install manpages in /opt/local/share/man, not /opt/local/man; if you have any port that has a location in /opt/local/min registered to it, we need to fix that port, so please tell us what port it is.

Man pages are apparently all installed in /opt/local/share/man (or at least that is were the files wind up by virtue of that link.

>> even though /opt/local/share/man is fine... (but man3 is also full of bad links... argh!)
> Oh? I don't think there should be any bad symlinks; can you tell us about them?

There seems to be a mix of them... "most" are fine, but many are of the same nature as the /opt/local/man link.

Again, from my account...  just the top of the list.

ls -alse /opt/local/man/man3
total 2784
 0 drwxr-xr-x  691 root  admin  23494 Sep 19  2009 .
 0 drwxr-xr-x   24 root  admin    816 Aug 27  2009 ..
 0 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin      0 Aug 27  2009 .turd_MacPorts

ls: /opt/local/man/man3/COLOR_PAIR.3x.gz: Permission denied
 4 lrwx------    1 root  admin     16 Sep 19  2009 COLOR_PAIR.3x.gz

ls: /opt/local/man/man3/PAIR_NUMBER.3x.gz: Permission denied
 4 lrwx------    1 root  admin     15 Sep 19  2009 PAIR_NUMBER.3x.gz

ls: /opt/local/man/man3/_nc_free_and_exit.3x.gz: Permission denied
 4 lrwx------    1 root  admin     19 Sep 19  2009 _nc_free_and_exit.3x.gz

...
just picking the first two...
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   3810 Sep 19  2009 curs_attr.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   1478 Sep 19  2009 curs_beep.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   1852 Sep 19  2009 curs_bkgd.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   1838 Sep 19  2009 curs_bkgrnd.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   2088 Sep 19  2009 curs_border.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   1980 Sep 19  2009 curs_border_set.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   2114 Sep 19  2009 curs_clear.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   4033 Sep 19  2009 curs_color.3x.gz


but from root

sudo ls -alse /opt/local/man/man3
total 2784
 0 drwxr-xr-x  691 root  admin  23494 Sep 19  2009 .
 0 drwxr-xr-x   24 root  admin    816 Aug 27  2009 ..
 0 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin      0 Aug 27  2009 .turd_MacPorts
 4 lrwx------    1 root  admin     16 Sep 19  2009 COLOR_PAIR.3x.gz -> curs_color.3x.gz
 4 lrwx------    1 root  admin     15 Sep 19  2009 PAIR_NUMBER.3x.gz -> curs_attr.3x.gz
 4 lrwx------    1 root  admin     19 Sep 19  2009 _nc_free_and_exit.3x.gz -> curs_memleaks.3x.gz
 4 lrwx------    1 root  admin     19 Sep 19  2009 _nc_freeall.3x.gz -> curs_memleaks.3x.gz

....

 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   3810 Sep 19  2009 curs_attr.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   1478 Sep 19  2009 curs_beep.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   1852 Sep 19  2009 curs_bkgd.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   1838 Sep 19  2009 curs_bkgrnd.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   2088 Sep 19  2009 curs_border.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   1980 Sep 19  2009 curs_border_set.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   2114 Sep 19  2009 curs_clear.3x.gz
 4 -rw-r--r--    1 root  admin   4033 Sep 19  2009 curs_color.3x.gz



> The only "odd"  thing which I did notice is:
>> 
>> ls -als /library/Tcl
>> total 0
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x   4 root  admin   136 Nov 13 15:15 .
>> 0 drwxrwxr-t+ 62 root  admin  2108 Nov 13 15:15 ..
>> 0 drwxrwxr-x   9 root  admin   306 Mar 23  2007 darwinports1.0
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x  10 root  admin   340 Feb 12  2010 macports1.0
>> 
>> 
>> .... Thought I had purged all the darwin ports stuff ages ago... :)
> 
> You should be safely able to delete the darwinports1.0 directory.

all gone.

===========================<cut here>===========================
 sudo port -d selfupdate
--->  Updating the ports tree
DEBUG: Synchronizing ports tree(s)
Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
DEBUG: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports
receiving file list ... done
PortIndex
PortIndex.quick
PortIndex_darwin_10_i386/
PortIndex_darwin_10_i386/PortIndex
PortIndex_darwin_10_i386/PortIndex.quick
PortIndex_darwin_8_i386/
PortIndex_darwin_8_i386/PortIndex
PortIndex_darwin_8_i386/PortIndex.quick
PortIndex_darwin_8_powerpc/
PortIndex_darwin_8_powerpc/PortIndex
PortIndex_darwin_8_powerpc/PortIndex.quick
PortIndex_darwin_9_i386/
PortIndex_darwin_9_i386/PortIndex
PortIndex_darwin_9_i386/PortIndex.quick
PortIndex_darwin_9_powerpc/
PortIndex_darwin_9_powerpc/PortIndex
PortIndex_darwin_9_powerpc/PortIndex.quick
audio/faac/
audio/faac/Portfile
audio/flac/
audio/flac/Portfile
audio/soundtouch/
audio/soundtouch/Portfile
benchmarks/iozone/
benchmarks/iozone/Portfile
devel/
devel/buildbot-slave/
devel/buildbot-slave/Portfile
devel/buildbot/
devel/buildbot/Portfile
devel/dbus-python24/
devel/dbus-python24/Portfile
devel/dbus-python25/
devel/dbus-python25/Portfile
devel/dbus-python26/
devel/dbus-python26/Portfile
devel/dbus-python27/
devel/dbus-python27/Portfile
devel/grantlee/
devel/grantlee/Portfile
devel/hs-HTTP/Portfile
devel/xulrunner/
devel/xulrunner/Portfile
graphics/exiv2/
graphics/exiv2/Portfile
multimedia/gtkpod/
multimedia/gtkpod/Portfile
multimedia/libogg/
multimedia/libogg/Portfile
multimedia/vcdimager/
multimedia/vcdimager/Portfile
net/pidgin-encryption/
net/pidgin-encryption/Portfile
perl/p5-tk/
perl/p5-tk/Portfile
python/py25-tables/
python/py25-tables/Portfile
python/py26-tables/
python/py26-tables/Portfile
python/py27-virtualenv/
python/py27-virtualenv/Portfile
www/firefox-x11/
www/firefox-x11/Portfile
deleting multimedia/libogg/files/patch-include-ogg-os_types.h.diff
deleting multimedia/libogg/files/

sent 83510 bytes  received 899931 bytes  151298.62 bytes/sec
total size is 54222301  speedup is 55.14
DEBUG: MacPorts sources location: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
receiving file list ... done
./
tests/test/checksums-1/
deleting config.log

sent 48 bytes  received 6870 bytes  2767.20 bytes/sec
total size is 2889184  speedup is 417.63
MacPorts base version 1.8.2 installed,
DEBUG: Rebuilding and reinstalling MacPorts if needed
MacPorts base version 1.9.2 downloaded.
--->  MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 1.9.2
DEBUG: Permissions OK
Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl

checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin10.5.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin10.5.0
checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin10.5.0
checking MacPorts version... 1.9.2
checking for sw_vers... /usr/bin/sw_vers
checking for defaults... /usr/bin/defaults
checking for xcode-select... no
checking Mac OS X version... 10.6.5
checking Xcode version... 3.2.5
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in `/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details
DEBUG: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command "cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-directory-mode=0755 --enable-readline && make && make install" returned error 1
    while executing
"macports::selfupdate [array get global_options]"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command "cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-directory-mode=0755 --enable-readline && make && make install" returned error 1

======================<cut here>===========


T.T.F.N.
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