Removing extraneous files on buildbots that block activation

2014-12-14 Thread David Evans
I've seen a number of instances recently on the buildbots where a port fails on activation because of extraneous files left in the installation tree by some previous failure. My most recent example is py27-cython on buildports-snowleopard-x86_64: Error: org.macports.activate for port

Re: Removing extraneous files on buildbots that block activation

2014-12-14 Thread Joshua Root
On 2014-12-15 15:46 , David Evans wrote: I've seen a number of instances recently on the buildbots where a port fails on activation because of extraneous files left in the installation tree by some previous failure. My most recent example is py27-cython on buildports-snowleopard-x86_64:

Re: Removing extraneous files on buildbots that block activation

2014-12-14 Thread David Evans
On 12/14/14 8:57 PM, Joshua Root wrote: On 2014-12-15 15:46 , David Evans wrote: I've seen a number of instances recently on the buildbots where a port fails on activation because of extraneous files left in the installation tree by some previous failure. My most recent example is py27-cython

Re: Removing extraneous files on buildbots that block activation

2014-12-14 Thread Joshua Root
On 2014-12-15 16:25 , David Evans wrote: On 12/14/14 8:57 PM, Joshua Root wrote: On 2014-12-15 15:46 , David Evans wrote: I've seen a number of instances recently on the buildbots where a port fails on activation because of extraneous files left in the installation tree by some previous

Re: Removing extraneous files on buildbots that block activation

2014-12-14 Thread David Evans
On 12/14/14 9:56 PM, Joshua Root wrote: On 2014-12-15 16:25 , David Evans wrote: On 12/14/14 8:57 PM, Joshua Root wrote: On 2014-12-15 15:46 , David Evans wrote: I've seen a number of instances recently on the buildbots where a port fails on activation because of extraneous files left in the

Re: Removing extraneous files on buildbots that block activation

2014-12-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 8:32 AM, David Evans wrote: If my theory is correct it doesn't seem appropriate to add code to py-cython that is only needed for one build. You could just as well add code, wait for the build on the buildbot to finish and remove the code again. It's a quick-and-dirty