Hello all,
I installed the update to MacPorts 2.8.0 earlier today on a Mac Mini A1 running Monterey 12.6. During the install the following error was reported: NFO: Syncing port data and updating port-base ... Password: ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync MacPorts base version 2.7.2 installed, MacPorts base version 2.8.0 downloaded. ---> Updating the ports tree ---> MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.8.0 Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:wheel; permissions 0755 Error: Couldn't change permissions of the MacPorts sources at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base to root: child killed: kill signal Please run `port -v selfupdate' for details. Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't change permissions of the MacPorts sources at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base to root: child killed: kill signal ERROR: Self update failed with exit code: 1 ERROR: MacPorts sync failed I re-ran the self update with the ‘-v’ option but no error was reported. I checked the folder permissions: ls -la /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs total 226484 drwxr-xr-x 10 root wheel 320 Oct 20 11:50 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Nov 29 2020 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 18098189 Oct 20 08:34 PortIndex -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Oct 20 08:56 PortIndex.rmd160 drwxr-xr-x 30 root postgres 960 Oct 20 07:02 base -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 113716224 Oct 20 07:45 base.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Oct 20 07:45 base.tar.rmd160 drwxr-xr-x 62 root postgres 1984 Oct 20 11:50 ports -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 100087808 Oct 20 08:56 ports.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Oct 20 08:56 ports.tar.rmd160 Group II: drwxr-xr-x 30 0 505 960 Oct 20 07:02 base drwxr-xr-x 62 0 505 1984 Oct 20 11:50 ports The ‘postgres’ group is listed via dscl. I was not expecting to see the group set to ‘postgres’ on these folders. Could you please advise if I should raise one or more tickets for this, and could you confirm what permissions I should expect to find on these folders. Yours, Olaf
