On 8 Oct 2007, at 08:50, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Oct 8, 2007, at 02:37, David Epstein wrote:
I have just started using Macports and I wonder how to get round
the following annoying problem. Each port that I download
complains about a number of files (between 5 and 35) that are
"unregistered". The install stops at every single error and
aborts. As a result, I have a great deal of manual work, deleting
these unregistered files, having to restart the install each time.
Moreover, using root privileges to delete the unregistered files
creates unpleasant opportunities for typos.
I had a glance at the macports-users archive, but couldn't find an
index. I tried Google, but couldn't find any sensible leads on
this. I read "man port", but it's unclear to me exactly what each
option does, and I'm concerned that I'll do the wrong thing.
1. Where can I find a fuller explanation of the options to "port"
than that given by "man port"?
2. How should I proceed in the light of the difficulties explained
in the first paragraph?
3. I am tempted to download the entire Darwinports/Macports tree,
but it looks as though this would take ages even without the
manual work described above.
Comments on these 3 points would be welcome.
The entire ports tree is already downloaded to your computer. I
believe it's usually in /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
rsync.macports.org/release/ports. That's just the portfiles and
some patches, not the distribution source archives of each port.
Please show us the exact error messages you're getting, and what
command you've typed to receive it.
I can't reproduce these errors. I tried installing one or two
additional packages and they went through without complaint. Luckily
a small amount of evidence survives from my xterm's memory and here
it is:
hottie:~% sudo port install gnupg
---> Activating gnupg 1.4.7_0
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/
share/locale/locale.alias already exists and does not belong to a
registered port. Unable to activate port gnupg.
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
hottie:~% sudo rm -i /opt/local/share/locale/locale.alias
remove /opt/local/share/locale/locale.alias? y
hottie:~% sudo port install gnupg
---> Activating gnupg 1.4.7_0
---> Cleaning gnupg
I think I would have had to rm and restart about 50 times during
installation of gnupg, but fortunately I was able to remove a whole
lot of files at once, using Unix * wildcard. Don't like using
wildcards when I'm root.
Since not one single package I have installed has reported that it is
up to date, it looks as though I should do something like "sudo port
install all", shouldn't I?
David [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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