pidgin: activation fails

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--->  Fetching archive for pidgin
--->  Attempting to fetch pidgin-2.9.0_1.darwin_10.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/pidgin
--->  Fetching pidgin
--->  Attempting to fetch pidgin-2.9.0.tar.bz2 from http://citylan.dl.sourceforge.net/pidgin
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for pidgin
--->  Extracting pidgin
--->  Applying patches to pidgin
--->  Configuring pidgin
--->  Building pidgin
--->  Staging pidgin into destroot
--->  Installing pidgin @2.9.0_1
--->  Activating pidgin @2.9.0_1
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: 
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

===

Mac OS X 10.6.8

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

That's peculiar; there's no relevant error message given. I'm not sure how to debug this. Is there anything useful in the logfile?

port log pidgin

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DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: pkgconfig 0.26_1 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: pkgconfig 0.25_2  is the latest installed
DEBUG: pkgconfig 0.25_2  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants '' into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/pkgconfig
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.8.0 (Mac OS X 10.6) arch i386
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: glib2 2.30.2_2 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: glib2 2.28.6_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: glib2 2.28.6_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants '' into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/glib2
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.8.0 (Mac OS X 10.6) arch i386
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/archcheck-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: xz 5.0.3_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: xz 5.0.2_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: xz 5.0.2_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants '' into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/archivers/xz
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.8.0 (Mac OS X 10.6) arch i386
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: libiconv 1.14_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: libiconv 1.13.1_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: libiconv 1.13.1_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants '' into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/libiconv
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.8.0 (Mac OS X 10.6) arch i386
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: gperf 3.0.4_2 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: gperf 3.0.4_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: gperf 3.0.4_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants '' into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.8.0 (Mac OS X 10.6) arch i386
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Attempting ln -sf /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gperf/gperf/work /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf/work
DEBUG: changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
DEBUG: egid changed to: 501
DEBUG: euid changed to: 503
DEBUG: Starting logging for gperf
DEBUG: Attempting ln -sf /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gperf/gperf/work /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf/work
DEBUG: changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
DEBUG: egid changed to: 501
DEBUG: euid changed to: 503
DEBUG: Starting logging for gperf
--->  Activating gperf @3.0.4_2
DEBUG: Using /usr/bin/tar
DEBUG: Using /usr/bin/bzip2
x ./
x ./+COMMENT
x ./+CONTENTS
x ./+DESC
x ./+PORTFILE
x ./+STATE
x ./opt/
x ./opt/local/
x ./opt/local/bin/
x ./opt/local/share/
x ./opt/local/share/doc/
x ./opt/local/share/info/
x ./opt/local/share/man/
x ./opt/local/share/man/man1/
x ./opt/local/share/man/man1/gperf.1.gz
x ./opt/local/share/info/gperf.info
x ./opt/local/share/doc/gperf.html
x ./opt/local/bin/gperf
DEBUG: activating directory: /
DEBUG: activating directory: /opt
DEBUG: activating directory: /opt/local
DEBUG: activating directory: /opt/local/bin
DEBUG: activating file: /opt/local/bin/gperf
DEBUG: activating directory: /opt/local/share
DEBUG: activating directory: /opt/local/share/doc
DEBUG: activating file: /opt/local/share/doc/gperf.html
DEBUG: activating directory: /opt/local/share/info
DEBUG: activating file: /opt/local/share/info/gperf.info
DEBUG: activating directory: /opt/local/share/man
DEBUG: activating directory: /opt/local/share/man/man1
DEBUG: activating file: /opt/local/share/man/man1/gperf.1.gz
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.main (gperf)
DEBUG: clean phase started at Thu Dec 22 01:28:30 GST 2011
--->  Cleaning gperf
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.clean (gperf)
--->  Removing work directory for gperf
DEBUG: Removing directory: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gperf/gperf
DEBUG: delete: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gperf/gperf
DEBUG: No work directory found to remove at /Users/iman/.macports/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gperf/gperf
DEBUG: Removing symlink: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf/work
DEBUG: delete: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf/work
DEBUG: Removing directory: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gperf/gperf
DEBUG: delete: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gperf/gperf

[neverpanic (Clemens Lang)]

The output you pasted is not relevant to this bug. Please re-run the install command with the -d flag: port -d install pidgin, copy and paste the output into a file and _attach_ it here.

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DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/pidgin
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.8.0 (Mac OS X 10.6) arch i386
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal_variant is false, so not adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Attempting ln -sf /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_pidgin/pidgin/work /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/pidgin/work
DEBUG: changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
DEBUG: egid changed to: 501
DEBUG: euid changed to: 503
DEBUG: Starting logging for pidgin
--->  Computing dependencies for pidgin
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: audiofile
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for audiofile
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: gconf
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for gconf
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libao
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for libao
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libidn
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for libidn
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libxml2
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for libxml2
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: nspr
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for nspr
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: nss
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for nss
DEBUG: Skipping activate (pidgin @2.9.0_1) since this port is already active
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.main (pidgin)
DEBUG: clean phase started at Fri Dec 23 12:07:01 GST 2011
--->  Cleaning pidgin
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.clean (pidgin)
--->  Removing work directory for pidgin
DEBUG: Removing directory: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_pidgin/pidgin
DEBUG: delete: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_pidgin/pidgin
DEBUG: No work directory found to remove at /Users/iman/.macports/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_pidgin/pidgin
DEBUG: Removing symlink: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/pidgin/work
DEBUG: delete: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/pidgin/work
DEBUG: Removing directory: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_pidgin/pidgin
DEBUG: delete: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_pidgin/pidgin

[nefar@…]

i can't read this. Can someone format the output? OP? use the wiki syntax to make sure the post looks readable.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

It looks like the OP has it installed already. What is the output of the following?

port installed pidgin

[i@…]

Hmm, now how do I run Pidgin? Where is it?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

port contents pidgin shows you what files it installed.

In the future please remember to use WikiFormatting when writing in Trac so your posts are legible, and attach (not paste) voluminous output.