bzip2 is broken

[rshah@…]

In order to install bzip2 under Lion I had to do a complete deletion of any existing macports distro. Then after a fresh install and self update, load ONLY bzip2 to ensure that the right keys and files were loaded. bzip2 will not download from any site. I obtained the copy from www.bzip.org and placed it in the directory /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/bzip2. Then I ran sudo port install bzip2. It finally installed after that.

I'm not properly relaying my acrimony toward bzip2. Many times, it has caused me pain in loading macports on new machines. There is something seriously wrong with bzip2's macport install.

LOG SNIPPET:

DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/archivers/bzip2
DEBUG: OS darwin/11.2.0 (Mac OS X 10.7) 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/tarballs/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
DEBUG: egid changed to: 501
DEBUG: euid changed to: 501
DEBUG: Starting logging for bzip2
DEBUG: bzip2 has no conflicts
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.main (bzip2)
DEBUG: changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
DEBUG: egid changed to: 501
DEBUG: euid changed to: 501
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (bzip2)
DEBUG: Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
DEBUG: fetch phase started at Wed Aug 29 10:27:27 EDT 2012
--->  Fetching distfiles for bzip2
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.fetch (bzip2)
--->  bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/bzip2
--->  Attempting to fetch bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz from http://www.bzip.org/1.0.6
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:30 --:--:--     0
DEBUG: Fetching distfile failed:: connect() timed out!
--->  Attempting to fetch bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz from http://distfiles.macports.org/bzip2
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:27 --:--:--     0

[ci42]

In the future, please don't forget to use WikiFormatting and cc'ing the maintainer. And don't use arbitrary keywords (see DraftKeywordGuidelines) and leave the priority untouched.

Otherwise it seems you've got problem with your network connection:

DEBUG: Fetching distfile failed:: connect() timed out!

What is the output from:

$ curl -v -X HEAD http://distfiles.macports.org

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Can you provide any further information about this problem? It appears to be a network problem on your end, since it installs fine for everybody else.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

No response from reporter; closing.