On 25 April 2018 at 17:54, Joshua Root wrote: > On 2018-4-26 01:39 , Vishnu wrote: >> Hi >> >> I think its best if you can create a repository under Macports. >> I'll be coding there. >> >> Also while trying to install mpstats . >> I am getting these error >> >> Warning: configured user/group macports does not exist, will build as root > > Our build system only knows how to create users on macOS. You'll have to > create the macports user manually.
Should we at least place a more helpful message somewhere? Perhaps at the end of "make install", but something short next to this warning could be useful as well. >> ---> Cleaning mpstats >> ---> Updating database of binaries >> Warning: Error determining file type of `/opt/local/bin/captoinfo': >> invalid command name "fileIsBinary" >> Warning: A file belonging to the `ncurses' port is missing or >> unreadable. Consider reinstalling it. >> Warning: Error determining file type of `/opt/local/bin/clear': invalid >> command name "fileIsBinary" >> Warning: A file belonging to the `ncurses' port is missing or >> unreadable. Consider reinstalling it. >> Warning: Error determining file type of `/opt/local/bin/infocmp': >> invalid command name "fileIsBinary" >> >> Didnt find a solution on the net either. > > That's rev-upgrade failing. It also only works on macOS. It's not > essential though, so you can set 'revupgrade_autorun no' in your > macports.conf. Should we disable rev-upgrade on non-mac platforms then? Mojca