On 7/2/10 12:13 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Jul 2, 2010, at 11:18, John B Brown wrote:
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, error reading
"file6": illegal operation on a directory
Recently I've had to reinstall from the install disc. All personal data
survived, but this is wrong. What fixes this result?
Did you already try reinstalling MacPorts, e.g. by downloading the 1.9.1 disk
image and running the installer package thereon?
I just did that. The same result;
j...@pinball3:~
(1): % sudo port -R upgrade --force rpm
error reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory
while executing
"read $fd"
(procedure "_mports_load_quickindex" line 27)
invoked from within
"_mports_load_quickindex"
(procedure "mportinit" line 522)
invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, error reading
"file6": illegal operation on a directory
j...@pinball3:~
(2): % sudo port -f list installed
error reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory
while executing
"read $fd"
(procedure "_mports_load_quickindex" line 27)
invoked from within
"_mports_load_quickindex"
(procedure "mportinit" line 522)
invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, error reading
"file6": illegal operation on a directory
j...@pinball3:~
(3): %
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