> > Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: can't read > "python.link_binaries": can't read "python.version": no such variable > > Log for py-mysql is at: > /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py-mysql/py-mysql/main.log > > Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1 > > To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> > > Right, you now get the new error in comment:ticket:32840:13. This is not a > problem because there is no reason to install the stub port really. I > expect Joshua will fix it within a few hours or whenever he's next around. >
Aha, OK, thanks for the explanation > > > >> Note that py-mysql is a stub port; it does not install any software. To > get actual software, you must select the specific version of python you > want to use. For example, install py27-mysql to get the mysql module for > use with python 2.7. > > > > I did > > > > sudo port install py27-mysql > > ---> Computing dependencies for py27-mysql > > ---> Cleaning py27-mysql > > Ok, so py27-mysql is already installed. Go use it. :) > > > > Error remains: > > > > sudo port upgrade outdated > > ---> Computing dependencies for py-mysql > > ---> Staging py-mysql into destroot > > Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: can't read > "python.link_binaries": can't read "python.version": no such variable > > Log for py-mysql is at: > /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_py-mysql/py-mysql/main.log > > Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1 > > Sure. The error will remain until someone fixes the python portgroup. I'm > leaving it for Joshua to do since he wrote the subport feature in MacPorts > and rewrote the python portgroup to use subports, and understands best how > it works and how he'd best like to fix it. > OK, great. > > > > So I guess that error breaking this "stub" port will remain for now? > Will it block me from updating MacPorts in the future until it is fixed? > > It will block you from installing or updating any python portgroup stub > ports that don't turn of linking of binaries (which is most of them). But > again the stub ports don't do anything so this isn't a problem. Install or > update the applicable subports (those with python version numbers in their > name) instead; you should be doing that anyway, since only you know which > version of python you want to use the modules with. > Understood. Thanks again for the explanation
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