Mac Ports 1.9.2 installer takes infiinte time to finish

[paolo.marco.maria@…]

Hi all !

I'm using last version of macports pkg on OsX 10.6.7 on a core i7 mac book pro.

I tried few times to run the installer package but It hangs at the end, whet it says : "Executing packet scirpts...."

I have take a look to its activity and here there are the open files at the moment of the endless installation:

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/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GraphKit.framework/Versions/A/GraphKit

/System/Library/Frameworks/InstallerPlugins.framework/Versions/A/ InstallerPlugins

/usr/share/icu/icudt40l.dat

/System/Library/Fonts/LucidaGrande.ttc

/private/var/db/mds/messages/se_SecurityMessages

/System/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/sRGB Profile.icc

/private/var/folders/Yo/YosSdPLKGE8kx7upRCddx++++TU/-Caches-/com.apple.LaunchServices-025504.csstore

/System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle/Contents/Resources/AppleKeyboardLayouts-L.dat

/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Extras2.rsrc

/System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont

/System/Library/Fonts/Times.dfont

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SArtFile.bin

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ArtFile.bin

/usr/lib/dyld

/private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_x86_64

/dev/null

->0x0fb9a198 ->0x0fb9a198

/private/etc/security/audit_control

obdev.at:32376

count=1, state=0x2

/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Extras2.rsrc

/Users/risso/Library/Caches/com.apple.installer/Cache.db ->0x0fb9970c

/private/etc/security/audit_class

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what can I do ? I really need macports working !

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

At this time MacPorts is supposed to be retrieving the ports tree, using rsync. This can take some time if your network connection is slow. If rsync is completely blocked on your network, then it should produce an error, but in some situations I suppose it's possible you'd get a hang. It sounds like MacPorts is probably already installed at this point; you can quit the Installer. Use "sudo port -v sync" in the Terminal to get the ports tree; if you get an error message, that might tell us more about what's wrong. You may have to first set up your terminal environment properly; not sure what step in the installer would've taken care of that. ​Instructions are in the guide.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Infinite time eh? That must have taken a while to measure.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Assuming this is a dupe of #18315, though you haven't shown the installer log which would confirm that.

[paolo.marco.maria@…]

I didn't know that installer had a log....

where to find it ?

I take a look to #18315

[paolo.marco.maria@…]

I looked at it but I didn't find any hint to find installer log file

[paolo.marco.maria@…]

I add that I have found a solution, there were nasty connection problems....

but still i need to see where is the log file, it could be possible to add it in the install instructions ??

Thanks a lot for your help !

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

There's a menu item in Installer.app. I think the actual file is in /var/log.