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