Opened 15 years ago

Last modified 11 years ago

#17353 closed defect

attempt to install gnutar seems to depend on gnutar already being installed — at Version 1

Reported by: rssolis@… Owned by: mww@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.6.0
Keywords: Cc:
Port: gnutar

Description (last modified by mf2k (Frank Schima))

Running MacOS X 10.4.11 on an *old* Powerbook. Attempt to install gnutar seems to fail due to dependency on gnutar already being installed. How do I get around this? See message below: 

My-PowerBook:/opt/local/bin$ sudo port install gnutar 
Password:
--->  Extracting gettext
Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gettext/work" && gzip -dc /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gettext/gettext-0.17.tar.gz | /usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -xf - " returned error 127
Command output: sh: line 1: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Description: modified (diff)
Keywords: gnutar removed
Owner: changed from macports-tickets@… to mww@…
Port: gnutar added

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