Error staging aspell-0.60.5 into destroot

[steve_macdougall@…]

I am unable to install aspell-0.60.5. Here is the error:

lis58731:~ stevem$ sudo port install aspell ---> Fetching aspell ---> Attempting to fetch aspell-0.60.5.tar.gz from ​http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell ---> Verifying checksum(s) for aspell ---> Extracting aspell ---> Configuring aspell ---> Building aspell with target all ---> Staging aspell into destroot Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: shell command "install-info /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_aspell/work/destroot/opt/local/share/info/aspell.info /opt/local/share/info/dir" returned error 1 Command output: install-info(/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_aspell/work/destroot/opt/local/share/info/aspell.info): too many arguments usage: install-info [--version] [--help] [--debug] [--maxwidth=nnn]

[--section regexp title] [--infodir=xxx] [--align=nnn] [--calign=nnn] [--quiet] [--menuentry=xxx] [--info-dir=xxx] [--keep-old] [--description=xxx] [--test] [--remove | --remove-exactly ] [--dir-file] [--] filename

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Assigning to maintainer of aspell.

[jochen@…]

What does

which install-info

say?

What system is that on?

[steve_macdougall@…]

Replying to jochen@macports.org:

What does

which install-info

say?

What system is that on?

The response to 'which install-info' is:

/opt/local/sbin/install-info

My system is: Mac OS X 10.5.2

[jochen@…]

Hmm, something is iffy with your install-info...

So where's that install-info binary from? What's the output of

sudo port provides /opt/local/bin/install-info

What happen's if you move install-info out of the way? I.e.

sudo mv /opt/local/sbin/install-info /opt/local/sbin/install-info-away

and then try to install aspell?

[steve_macdougall@…]

Replying to jochen@macports.org:

Hmm, something is iffy with your install-info...

So where's that install-info binary from? What's the output of

sudo port provides /opt/local/bin/install-info

What happen's if you move install-info out of the way? I.e.

sudo mv /opt/local/sbin/install-info /opt/local/sbin/install-info-away

and then try to install aspell?

install-info was from 'dpkg'. Since I didn't need that package, I uninstalled in completely. Now 'which install-info' returns: '/usr/bin/install-info', obviously not a macports port'

I tried cleaning and installing aspell again. Here is the output:

---> Fetching aspell ---> Verifying checksum(s) for aspell ---> Extracting aspell ---> Configuring aspell ---> Building aspell with target all ---> Staging aspell into destroot Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: shell command "install-info /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_aspell/work/destroot/opt/local/share/info/aspell.info /opt/local/share/info/dir" returned error 1 Command output: install-info: /opt/local/share/info/dir: empty file

[jochen@…]

Well, then please remove this empty file

 /opt/local/share/info/dir

and run the install again.... install-info will regenerate a correct info-directory file

Please format your Terminal output you paste here in the trac as verbatim text, using three "{" and "}".

[steve_macdougall@…]

Replying to jochen@macports.org:

Well, then please remove this empty file

 /opt/local/share/info/dir

and run the install again.... install-info will regenerate a correct info-directory file

Please format your Terminal output you paste here in the trac as verbatim text, using three "{" and "}".

That last suggestion did the trick. Thanks.

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