BUG: Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name "use_lzma"

[milosh@…]

I am trying to update texlive port but the new distfiles happen to be compressed using lzma. By chance, use_lzma exists in macports (at least in man portfile), but using it results in error telling that use_lzma is not a valid macports command

% port -d lint texlive_base
DEBUG: Found port in file:///home/manu/tmp/macports/dports//tex/texlive_base
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /home/manu/tmp/macports/dports/tex/texlive_base
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: invalid command name "use_lzma"
    while executing
"use_lzma        yes"
    (file "Portfile" line 24)
    invoked from within
"source Portfile"
    invoked from within
"$workername eval source Portfile"
    (procedure "mportopen" line 46)
    invoked from within
"mportopen $porturl [array get options] [array get variations]"
Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name "use_lzma"

[blb@…]

use_lzma was recently added to trunk (r38960) so it shouldn't be used yet in Portfiles, since it wouldn't work with 1.6-based installs. Have a look at the ​texinfo port for one way of handling lzma for now.

[milosh@…]

Yes, that's what I did. However, I'm surprised that a feature that is present in trunk fails to be understood in trunk.

[afb@…]

Replying to milosh@…:

Yes, that's what I did. However, I'm surprised that a feature that is present in trunk fails to be understood in trunk.

trunk/dports doesn't use trunk/base, it uses branches/release_1_6/base. Too many trunks around, I suppose.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Fixed in r42865. Don't go using it until 1.7.0 is released, though! :-)

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