Jeremy: Your assertion that the problem is related to a new version of the database software included in the Yosemite software distribution bothers me.
It would seem to me that if there were a general problem with changes to the database software, I should have seen delays when the 15 outdated software packages were processed before processing the boost package. I probably should have noted that it was “hung” on the deactivating step around 10 minutes before I entered the Control-C > On 2014-11-19, at 14:44 , Jeremy Lavergne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yosemite introduced a new version of the database software that MacPorts > uses, making MacPorts horrifically slow presently. > > Please let the process complete next time. > > A (not yet released) version of MacPorts will address the database changes > from Yosemite. > > On Nov 19, 2014, at 17:37, Merton Campbell Crockett > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was performing an update of outdated software and ran into this problem >> when updating Wireshark. >> >> ---> Computing dependencies for boost >> ---> Fetching archive for boost >> ---> Attempting to fetch >> boost-1.56.0_2+no_single+no_static+python27.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from >> http://packages.macports.org/boost >> ---> Attempting to fetch >> boost-1.56.0_2+no_single+no_static+python27.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 >> from http://packages.macports.org/boost >> ---> Installing boost @1.56.0_2+no_single+no_static+python27 >> ---> Cleaning boost >> ---> Computing dependencies for boost >> ---> Deactivating boost @1.56.0_1+no_single+no_static+python27 >> >> At this point update stops until a Control C is entered. > -- Merton Campbell Crockett e-mail: [email protected] mobile: 1(805)377-6762 _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
