Re: help please

> On May 15, 2019, at 12:58 AM, James Linder wrote: > > Error: Failed to install qt511-qtxmlpatterns: no destroot found at: Appears you’ve run into an intermittent problem with MacPorts that we’ve unfortunately never been able to track down and fix. See: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Proble

Re: no destroot found (was: help please)

mac > On 15 May 2019, at 4:22 pm, Joshua Root wrote: > >> what does this mean … >> >> [haycorn] /Users/jam/DEVEL [580]% sudo port install qt511-qtwebkit >> ---> Computing dependencies for qt511-qtwebkit >> ---> Installing qt511-qtxmlpatterns @5.11.3_0 >> Error: Failed to install qt511-qtxmlpa

no destroot found (was: help please)

> what does this mean … > > [haycorn] /Users/jam/DEVEL [580]% sudo port install qt511-qtwebkit > ---> Computing dependencies for qt511-qtwebkit > ---> Installing qt511-qtxmlpatterns @5.11.3_0 > Error: Failed to install qt511-qtxmlpatterns: no destroot found at: > /opt/local/var/macports/build/_

Re: help please

Hi what does this mean … > [haycorn] /Users/jam/DEVEL [580]% sudo port install qt511-qtwebkit > ---> Computing dependencies for qt511-qtwebkit > The following dependencies will be installed: > qt511-qtdeclarative > qt511-qtgraphicaleffects > qt511-qtimageformats > qt511-qtlocation > qt511-qtmult

help please

Hi what does this mean … [haycorn] /Users/jam/DEVEL [580]% sudo port install qt511-qtwebkit ---> Computing dependencies for qt511-qtwebkit The following dependencies will be installed: qt511-qtdeclarative qt511-qtgraphicaleffects qt511-qtimageformats qt511-qtlocation qt511-qtmultimedia qt5

Re: Help please

On Mon, 19 Nov 2018, James Linder wrote: So just turning off the firewall is the easist way and pretty safe (If my modem was broken then why cant you hack it to have no firewall anyway.) I think the huge amount of dis-infomation on the subject is akin to saying if you go hiking without a defib

Re: Help please

> On 18 Nov 2018, at 8:00 pm, macports-users-requ...@lists.macports.org wrote: > The new bit is a Telstra NBN modem (for Aus’s new high speed broadband.) If any Aus user has tamed the Telstra NBN modem please tell me what and how. >>> Have you tried using a closer mirror instea

Re: Help please

On Sun, 18 Nov 2018, James Linder wrote: My motivation in continuing this thread is that unless macports users are rare in Aussie (how sad that would be) then other macport users are certain to have the magic big T$ modem. (T$ is joke reference to Telstra) I do not use the modem wifi, apple do

Re: Help please

> On 17 Nov 2018, at 8:00 pm, macports-users-requ...@lists.macports.org wrote: > >> The problem is definately the modem. I turned OFF the firewall (actually >> I need to think thru, why would the modem have a firewall at all, unless >> bad guys can login to the modem …) and rsync ran perfectl

Re: Help please

On Sat, 17 Nov 2018, James Linder wrote: Why on earth would would the modem have a firewall? (but their firmware is ratty so maybe thet are protecting their modem) Because it's not so much a modem as a router. If anything can be said to be the modem then it's the NBN box itself, converting t

Re: Help please

On 16/11/2018 04:28, James Linder wrote: > >> On 16 Nov 2018, at 11:14 am, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> >> >> >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 00:51, j...@tigger.ws wrote: >> >>> The new bit is a Telstra NBN modem (for Aus’s new high speed broadband.) If >>> any Aus user has tamed the Telstra NBN modem please te

Re: Help please

> On 16 Nov 2018, at 8:00 pm, macports-users-requ...@lists.macports.org wrote: > >> I can’t believe that I am the only Aussie macports user plagued by the >> problem. > > Apparently... > >> I went to Access Control->firewall and turned it OFF during the >> selfupdate. I was not able to make

Re: Help please

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, James Linder wrote: The problem is definately the modem. I turned OFF the firewall (actually I need to think thru, why would the modem have a firewall at all, unless bad guys can login to the modem …) and rsync ran perfectly. I tried but was not able to make a modem firewa

Re: Help please

> On 16 Nov 2018, at 11:14 am, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > > On Nov 15, 2018, at 00:51, j...@tigger.ws wrote: > >> The new bit is a Telstra NBN modem (for Aus’s new high speed broadband.) If >> any Aus user has tamed the Telstra NBN modem please tell me what and how. > > Have you tried usin

Re: Help please

Just don't use the one in Seattle as it has been down since July and all our inquiries have gone unanswered. -Al- On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 07:14 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Nov 15, 2018, at 00:51, jam wrote: > >> The new bit is a Telstra NBN modem (for Aus’s new high spe

Re: Help please

On Nov 15, 2018, at 00:51, j...@tigger.ws wrote: > The new bit is a Telstra NBN modem (for Aus’s new high speed broadband.) If > any Aus user has tamed the Telstra NBN modem please tell me what and how. Have you tried using a closer mirror instead of the master (which is in Germany)? https:

Re: Help please

I would suggest doing a hundred count ping to a host inside and outside Oz and seeing how many dropped packets occur. Also, one to your router. That should give you some idea of where your network issues are occurring as what you’re experiencing is almost certainly a network connectivity issue

Re: Help please

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018, James Linder wrote: I can’t believe that I am the only Aussie macports user plagued by the problem. Apparently... I went to Access Control->firewall and turned it OFF during the selfupdate. I was not able to make a rule that worked for rsync What about the Mac's built-

Re: Help please

> On 15 Nov 2018, at 2:29 pm, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 00:11, j...@tigger.ws wrote: >> >> Is the wiki wrong? >> This does not look correct: >> >> [twill] /Users/jam [24]% tail -n 2 /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf >> # rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release

Re: Help please

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018, j...@tigger.ws wrote: The new bit is a Telstra NBN modem (for Aus’s new high speed broadband.) If any Aus user has tamed the Telstra NBN modem please tell me what and how. I've had no problem with my NBN stuff; the wireless router connects to the NBN thing, and the Mac t

Re: Help please

> On 15 Nov 2018, at 2:29 pm, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 00:11, j...@tigger.ws wrote: >> >> Is the wiki wrong? >> This does not look correct: >> >> [twill] /Users/jam [24]% tail -n 2 /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf >> # rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release

Re: Help please

On 15 Nov 2018, at 0:50, j...@tigger.ws wrote: I have installed macports many times, so I’m not naive about what to do. I’ve never seen this. Can anyone point out my way forward: [twill] /Users/jam [15]% ping rsync.macports.org PING ftp.rrze.uni-erlangen.de (131.188.12.211): 56 data bytes 64 b

Re: Help please

> On Nov 15, 2018, at 00:11, j...@tigger.ws wrote: > > Is the wiki wrong? > This does not look correct: > > [twill] /Users/jam [24]% tail -n 2 /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf > # rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports.tar [default] > https://distfiles.macports.org/port

Re: Help please

Is the wiki wrong? This does not look correct: [twill] /Users/jam [24]% tail -n 2 /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf # rsync://rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports.tar [default] https://distfiles.macports.org/ports.tar.gz [default] [twill] /Users/jam [25]% sudo port -v selfupdate

Help please

I have installed macports many times, so I’m not naive about what to do. I’ve never seen this. Can anyone point out my way forward: [twill] /Users/jam [15]% ping rsync.macports.org PING ftp.rrze.uni-erlangen.de (131.188.12.211): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 131.188.12.211: icmp_seq=0 ttl=41 time=5