error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc'

[conradwt (Conrad Taylor)]

The following installation, sudo port -v upgrade xorg-libxcb, generates the following error messages using Xcode 4.2 and Mac OS X Lion:

(process:66195): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66194): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66206): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66204): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66202): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66203): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66205): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66214): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66215): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66217): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66216): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66218): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66220): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66221): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66219): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66223): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66224): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66226): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66225): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66227): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66229): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66228): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66232): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66231): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66233): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66234): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory


(process:66235): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/dev/null/.pangorc': Not a directory

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

As per the ticket guidelines, it's not useful to cc openmaintainer.

Probably your macports user was created by a prerelease version of base, and has its home dir set to /dev/null. Check with:

dscl . -read /Users/macports

and if that's the case, change it to /var/empty:

sudo dscl . -create /Users/macports NFSHomeDirectory /var/empty

[conradwt (Conrad Taylor)]

Here's the output from running the command in the previous comment:

$ dscl . -read /Users/macports
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_hint: macports
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_jpegphoto: macports
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_LinkedIdentity: macports
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_picture: macports
AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default
AuthenticationAuthority: ;Kerberosv5;;macports@LKDC:SHA1.F8C7AFED62A652B7115E2BA73EA28FEB032E0467;LKDC:SHA1.F8C7AFED62A652B7115E2BA73EA28FEB032E0467 ;ShadowHash;HASHLIST:<SALTED-SHA512>
GeneratedUID: 3F6E99FA-DFBB-4C07-B1C6-8A265232E9C3
NFSHomeDirectory: /var/empty
Password: *
PasswordPolicyOptions:
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>failedLoginCount</key>
	<integer>0</integer>
	<key>failedLoginTimestamp</key>
	<date>2001-01-01T00:00:00Z</date>
	<key>lastLoginTimestamp</key>
	<date>2001-01-01T00:00:00Z</date>
	<key>passwordTimestamp</key>
	<date>2011-06-14T07:12:51Z</date>
</dict>
</plist>

PrimaryGroupID: 503
RecordName: macports
RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Users
UniqueID: 504
UserShell: /usr/bin/false

However, when I attempt the upgrade, it's hanging or doesn't proceed beyond the following point:

/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_x11_xorg-libxcb/xorg-libxcb/work/libxcb-1.7/src/xvmc.h:603: warning: The following parameters of xcb_xvmc_list_surface_types_unchecked(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_xv_port_t port_id) are not documented:
  parameter 'port_id'