symbolc /opt causing failure

[djosifovich@…]

I had /opt as a symbolic link to another location. a 'port selfupdate' then 'port upgrade outdated' resulted in a error about not being able to open a file (details below). After exploring all the path's dirs and final file, I determined permissions were not an issue. I decided to try remove my /opt symbolic link and move the ....MacPorts/opt/ directory to the root directory. Afterwards 'port upgrade outdated' worked successfully.

some gory details...

# port selfupdate ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync MacPorts base version 2.2.0 installed, MacPorts base version 2.2.0 downloaded. ---> Updating the ports tree ---> MacPorts base is already the latest version

The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you should run

port upgrade outdated

# port upgrade outdated Error: Unable to upgrade port: Could not open file: /Realms/MEI/desert-plateau/Tools/MacPorts/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/gettext/Portfile To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:

​http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

# open ​http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets # ls -l /opt lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 44 Jul 26 08:05 /opt@ -> Realms/MEI/desert-plateau/Tools/MacPorts/opt # cd /opt # ls X11/ local/ # pwd /Realms/MEI/desert-plateau/Tools/MacPorts/opt # cd .. # ls Applications/ opt/ # rm /opt # mv opt / # port upgrade outdated ---> Computing dependencies for gettext ---> Fetching archive for gettext

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[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Probably duplicate of #39850.