port dmg ghostscript: ERROR: The specified root is invalid

[rick.richardson@…]

$ sudo port install ghostscript Skipping org.macports.activate (ghostscript ) since this port is already active ---> Cleaning ghostscript

$ sudo port dmg ghostscript ---> Creating pkg for ghostscript-8.61 Error: Target org.macports.pkg returned: shell command "PMResourceLocale=English /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageMaker -AppleLanguages "(English)" --root /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/work/destroot --out /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/work/ghostscript-8.61.pkg --resources /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/work/pkg_resources --title "ghostscript-8.61" --info /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/work/Info.plist --target 10.3 --domain system --id org.macports.ghostscript" returned error 1 Command output: Warning: Unknown argument: -AppleLanguages Warning: Unknown argument: (English) ERROR: The specified root is invalid: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_print_ghostscript/work/destroot

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Duplicate of #10881.

[rick.richardson@…]

This is OPEN. No fix is provided.

[afb@…]

There are two workarounds in the ticket above:

• port -f destroot ghostscript, to make the root "valid"
• disable autoclean for future installs to be packageable

But the issue is nothing specific to ghostscript.

[tobypeterson]

Milestone MacPorts base bugs deleted