In short: keeping the name okular for the modified port does not work, either.
In detail:
I just tried that — keeping the name okular for the modified port (both as the
name of the directory /Users/murray/macports/myports/kde/okular and in the file
Portfile.
Of course I had also already edited /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf to
insert
file:///Users/murray/macports/myports
<file:///Users/murray/macports/myports>
before:
rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar [default]
Still, does not work: after running portindex in
/Users/murray/macports/myports, command
sudo port install okular
gives error:
Unable to execute port: Could not open file:
/Users/murray/macports/myports/kde/okular/Portfile
Could it still be a permissions or ownership issue?
(Note: That the port install command gets that far as to know the correct
Portfile location does confirm that it’s OK to re-use the port name provided
the indicated modification to sources.conf has been made.)
> On 16 Mar2020, at 12:29 AM, Nicolas Pavillon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is an initial guess, but I would not necessarily recommend to change the
> name of the port, as this could lead to conflicts with existing files from
> the original one.
> And if you do change it, be sure to also change the name of the port in the
> Portfile. This might be the reason why your system can’t install the port.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nicolas
>
>> On Mar 15, 2020, at 4:57, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> In order to get okular working, I’m following the instructions in
>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60059#comment:8
>> <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60059#comment:8>.
>>
>> This involves, among other things, creating a local port (okular2) in a
>> folder under my own account, namely:
>>
>> ~/macports/myports/kde/okular2
>>
>> containing subdirectory files and Portfile, copied from the macports
>> sources, but with Portfile edited per those instructions.
>>
>> When I finally execute…
>>
>> sudo port install okular2
>>
>> .. I get error message:
>>
>> Unable to execute port: Could not open file:
>> /Users/murray/macports/myports/kde/okular2/Portfile
>>
>> The permissions seem to be the same on my modified Portfile in as for the
>> distributed Portfile in
>> /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/kde/okular
>> <http://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/kde/okular>, except that
>> I am the owner, in group staff, of the former, whereas messagebus, with
>> group ldap, is the owner of the latter. The permissions on my modified file
>> are:
>>
>> -rw-r--r--@
>>
>> What could be wrong?
>>
>> Note that before attempting the install, I _did_ execute:
>>
>> cd ~/macports/myports
>> port index
>>
>> which did create file ~/macports/myports/kde/Portindex.
>>
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>> <mailto:[email protected]>
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>>
>>
>
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