#22001 closed defect (fixed)
If any file is missing from a port, it can't be uninstalled
| Reported by: | vaulse@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | MacPorts 1.8.2 |
| Component: | base | Version: | 1.8.1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | jmroot (Joshua Root), ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt) | |
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Description (last modified by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt))
The error is:
Error: port uninstall failed: realpath failed: No such file or directory
I use a script to delete unnecessary files from my MacPorts installation, saving a lot of storage space and backup time in the process. I don't, for example, need localizations in languages such as Malayalam or Klingon, nor do I need 200 copies of the GPL. This used to cause no problems, but now it does. What's wrong with just skipping a missing file during the uninstall process, perhaps with a warning?
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by tobypeterson
comment:2 Changed 15 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
If you're going to mess with the contents of the port behind MacPorts' back, mess with the receipt as well...
comment:3 Changed 15 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
| Cc: | jmr@… added |
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| Resolution: | → fixed |
| Status: | new → closed |
comment:4 Changed 15 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
| Cc: | ryandesign@… added |
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| Description: | modified (diff) |
| Milestone: | → MacPorts 1.8.2 |
I don't think we need a warning; we never had one before. realpath was added to MacPorts 1.8.1 to fix a different problem; we just didn't consider that files might be missing.
Files could also be missing from a port by accident or as the result of another MacPorts bug. We had this recently on the mailing list. We should get this fix into 1.8.2.
should just be a warning, just sounds like excessively-fatal error handling