Transmisson fails to install

[lagrave+bugs+macosforge.org@…]

% port install -d transmission
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/transmission
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.4.0 (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/xcode-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Re-registering default for use_configure
DEBUG: Re-registering default for universal_variant
DEBUG: Re-registering default for build.pre_args
DEBUG: Re-registering default for build.target
DEBUG: Re-registering default for destroot.pre_args
DEBUG: Re-registering default for destroot.target
DEBUG: Re-registering default for destroot.destdir
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: Starting logging for transmission
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: lzmautils 4.32.7_1 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: lzmautils 4.32.7_1  is the latest installed
DEBUG: lzmautils 4.32.7_1  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/lzmautils
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.4.0 (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: No need to upgrade! lzmautils 4.32.7_1 >= lzmautils 4.32.7_1
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: gettext 0.18.1.1_2 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: gettext 0.18.1.1_2  is the latest installed
DEBUG: gettext 0.18.1.1_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/gettext
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.4.0 (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: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/archcheck-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! gettext 0.18.1.1_2 >= gettext 0.18.1.1_2
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: libiconv 1.13.1_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/10.4.0 (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: No need to upgrade! libiconv 1.13.1_0 >= libiconv 1.13.1_0
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: ncurses 5.7_1 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: ncurses 5.7_1  is the latest installed
DEBUG: ncurses 5.7_1  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/ncurses
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.4.0 (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: No need to upgrade! ncurses 5.7_1 >= ncurses 5.7_1
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: ncursesw 5.7_1 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: ncursesw 5.7_1  is the latest installed
DEBUG: ncursesw 5.7_1  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/ncursesw
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.4.0 (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: No need to upgrade! ncursesw 5.7_1 >= ncursesw 5.7_1
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: expat 2.0.1_1 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: expat 2.0.1_1  is the latest installed
DEBUG: expat 2.0.1_1  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/expat
DEBUG: OS darwin/10.4.0 (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: No need to upgrade! expat 2.0.1_1 >= expat 2.0.1_1
--->  Computing dependencies for transmission
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: lzmautils
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for lzmautils
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: gettext
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for gettext
DEBUG: activate phase started at Sun Oct 17 14:07:18 CEST 2010
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.activate (transmission)
--->  Activating transmission @1.75_0
DEBUG: activating directory: /
DEBUG: activating directory: /Applications
DEBUG: activating directory: /Applications/MacPorts
DEBUG: activating directory: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app
DEBUG: activating directory: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents
DEBUG: activating directory: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks
DEBUG: activating directory: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework
DEBUG: activating file: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Growl
DEBUG: activating directory: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Headers
DEBUG: Activation failed, rolling back.
DEBUG: deactivating file: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Growl
DEBUG: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework is not empty
DEBUG: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks is not empty
DEBUG: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents is not empty
DEBUG: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app is not empty
DEBUG: /Applications/MacPorts is not empty
DEBUG: /Applications is not empty
DEBUG: / is not empty
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: can't create directory "/Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Headers": no such file or directory
DEBUG: Backtrace: can't create directory "/Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Headers": no such file or directory
    while executing
"_activate_contents $name $imagefiles $imagedir"
    (procedure "portimage::activate" line 110)
    invoked from within
"registry_activate $name "${version}_${revision}${portvariants}" [array get user_options]"
    (procedure "portactivate::activate_main" line 6)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
Log for transmission is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_transmission/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
zsh-% c /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Headers
cd: no such file or directory: /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Headers
zsh-% cd /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/       

Some directory listings:

% ls -la /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/       
total 16
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  admin  170 Oct 17 14:07 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  admin  136 Jun 27 03:31 ..
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin   24 Jul 15 19:48 Headers -> Versions/Current/Headers
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin   26 Jul 15 19:48 Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 Oct 14 17:15 Versions

and

% ls -la /Applications/MacPorts/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Versions 
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 Oct 14 17:15 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  admin  170 Oct 17 14:07 ..
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin    1 Jul 15 19:48 Current -> A

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please fill in the port field and Cc the maintainer.

[mnick@…]

Transmission has been updated to 2.20 in r76574. Closing this ticket.