port deactivate fails, mentions nonexistent logfile

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Deactivating a port sometimes "fails" (it says it failed, but it was successfully deactivated). When this happens, it tells me to consult a log file, but the log file doesn't exist.

bash-3.2$ sudo port uninstall texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-plain
--->  Deactivating texlive-fonts-recommended @49603_0+doc
Error: Failed to deactivate texlive-fonts-recommended: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-fonts-recommended-49603_0_d9fd3e4e6c7652714742c60058f8bc50cd31db9805d96a37c2664bf8493a48e2-2195/texlive-fonts-recommended/main.log for details.
Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for texlive-fonts-recommended @49603_0+doc
--->  Uninstalling texlive-fonts-recommended @49603_0+doc
--->  Cleaning texlive-fonts-recommended
--->  Deactivating texlive-latex-extra @50885_0+doc
Error: Failed to deactivate texlive-latex-extra: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-latex-extra-50885_0_4b3dfd65558d8dd34292f7eacdb3fb4415cd343a3eb42593e6bd9a39b19fe362-1833/texlive-latex-extra/main.log for details.
Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for texlive-latex-extra @50885_0+doc
--->  Uninstalling texlive-latex-extra @50885_0+doc
--->  Cleaning texlive-latex-extra
--->  Deactivating texlive-plain-generic @50884_0+doc
Error: Failed to deactivate texlive-plain-generic: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-plain-generic-50884_0_1cbcf696775e0d90a80bb12b6cc92b6c3ff4aa059463b5f5fe7067398497d8ac-1396/texlive-plain-generic/main.log for details.
Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for texlive-plain-generic @50884_0+doc
--->  Uninstalling texlive-plain-generic @50884_0+doc
--->  Cleaning texlive-plain-generic
bash-3.2$ cat /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-fonts-recommended-49603_0_d9fd3e4e6c7652714742c60058f8bc50cd31db9805d96a37c2664bf8493a48e2-2195/texlive-fonts-recommended/main.log
cat: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-fonts-recommended-49603_0_d9fd3e4e6c7652714742c60058f8bc50cd31db9805d96a37c2664bf8493a48e2-2195/texlive-fonts-recommended/main.log: No such file or directory
bash-3.2$ cat /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-latex-extra-50885_0_4b3dfd65558d8dd34292f7eacdb3fb4415cd343a3eb42593e6bd9a39b19fe362-1833/texlive-latex-extra/main.log
cat: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-latex-extra-50885_0_4b3dfd65558d8dd34292f7eacdb3fb4415cd343a3eb42593e6bd9a39b19fe362-1833/texlive-latex-extra/main.log: No such file or directory
bash-3.2$ cat /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-plain-generic-50884_0_1cbcf696775e0d90a80bb12b6cc92b6c3ff4aa059463b5f5fe7067398497d8ac-1396/texlive-plain-generic/main.log
cat: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-plain-generic-50884_0_1cbcf696775e0d90a80bb12b6cc92b6c3ff4aa059463b5f5fe7067398497d8ac-1396/texlive-plain-generic/main.log: No such file or directory
bash-3.2$ ls -l /opt/local/var/macports/logs/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 Dec 15  2017 _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mongodb
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 Jul 24  2018 _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_autogen
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 Jun  1  2018 _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_folly
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 Jan 31  2018 _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_textmate2
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 Apr  6  2019 _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_graphics_poppler
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 May 25  2018 _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_python_py-protobuf3
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  102 Jan 28  2018 _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_science_alliance
bash-3.2$

This was on Yosemite, in case it matters.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Replying to ryandesign:

Error: Failed to deactivate texlive-fonts-recommended: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_texlive-fonts-recommended-49603_0_d9fd3e4e6c7652714742c60058f8bc50cd31db9805d96a37c2664bf8493a48e2-2195/texlive-fonts-recommended/main.log for details.
Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for texlive-fonts-recommended @49603_0+doc

This is registry::run_target failing here: ​https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/v2.8.1/src/port/port.tcl#L3269

Usually that means there was an error in a pre- or post-deactivate block. When running the target on the Portfile fails, the port is deactivated with a direct registry call instead (which of course doesn't run the pre- or post-deactivate blocks, which is why it isn't the preferred method.)

The lack of a log is likely due to the fact that the final step after uninstalling a port is to clean it. Enabling keeplogs may prevent this.