"port extract" in current directory extracts nothing

[vinc17@…]

I want to extract in the current directory because I have another source that has the precedence. But this doesn't work:

$ pwd
/Users/vinc17/software/dports/net/rrdtool
$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 vinc17 vinc17 1227 2008-09-10 12:57:42 Portfile
$ sudo port -v -f extract
$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 vinc17 vinc17 1227 2008-09-10 12:57:42 Portfile
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root   vinc17   76 2008-09-10 15:54:16 work -> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_vinc17_software_dports_net_rrdtool/work/
$ ls -l work/
total 0

[danielluke (Daniel J. Luke)]

I may be missing something, but this works for me:

% pwd
/Volumes/Extra/dluke/Projects/macports/dports/net/rrdtool
% port extract
--->  Fetching rrdtool
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for rrdtool
--->  Extracting rrdtool
% ls work/
rrdtool-1.3.2/

[vinc17@…]

Here's debug information:

$ sudo port -v -f -d extract
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /Users/vinc17/software/dports/net/rrdtool
DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port rrdtool.
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port rrdtool.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port rrdtool.
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /Users/vinc17/software/dports/net/rrdtool
DEBUG: Requested variant powerpc is not provided by port rrdtool.
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port rrdtool.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port rrdtool.
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.main (rrdtool)
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (rrdtool)
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (rrdtool)
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.extract (rrdtool)
$ ls -l work/
total 0

Why does it think it is completed?

[vinc17@…]

OK, there was a remaining file work/.macports.rrdtool.state I didn't see. BTW, it isn't a very good idea to use hidden files...

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Shouldn't using -f have caused it to ignore the state file anyway?

[danielluke (Daniel J. Luke)]

force doesn't override the state file.

see #11143 and ​http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2006-December/000876.html

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

The -f flag does not override the state, but if the modified timestamp on the Portfile is newer than on the state file, port will delete the state file and start from beginning. So touch Portfile would have resolved this without manually deleting the state file.

[tobypeterson]

Milestone MacPorts base bugs deleted