Unable to install ports

[mrsolo99@…]

I updated to version 2.3.4 using downloaded package. After doing so, trying to install any ports fails at the first dependency (Zlib) Installing Zlib itself looks like this:

port install zlib
--->  Fetching archive for zlib
--->  Attempting to fetch zlib-2.13_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/zlib
--->  Attempting to fetch zlib-2.13_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/zlib
--->  Attempting to fetch zlib-2.13_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/zlib
--->  Fetching distfiles for zlib
Error: org.macports.fetch for port zlib returned: fetch failed
Please see the log file for port zlib for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_zlib/zlib/main.log

In the log file I see the following:

version:1
:debug:main zlib has no conflicts
:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (zlib)
:debug:archivefetch archivefetch phase started at Tue Oct 13 15:14:10 EDT 2015
:msg:archivefetch --->  Fetching archive for zlib
:debug:archivefetch Executing org.macports.archivefetch (zlib)
:info:archivefetch --->  zlib-2.13_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 doesn't seem to exist in /opt/local/var/macports/incoming/verified
:msg:archivefetch --->  Attempting to fetch zlib-2.13_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/zlib
:debug:archivefetch Fetching archive failed:: The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
:msg:archivefetch --->  Attempting to fetch zlib-2.13_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/zlib
:debug:archivefetch Fetching archive failed:: The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
:msg:archivefetch --->  Attempting to fetch zlib-2.13_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/zlib
:debug:archivefetch Fetching archive failed:: The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found

Looking at one of the download urls, I see only Zlib 1.2.8, not 2.13.1 as required.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The rsync server's disk is apparently corrupted. Among other problems (#49233, #49224), apparently the zlib portfile has been replaced with the autoconf213 portfile. Either wait for the administrator to fix the rsync server, or reconfigure MacPorts to use the svn server instead.

[keith_dart@…]

The disk is fixed, but that particular file is missing. There are only zlib-1.2.8 files there now. How can it be generated?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

1.2.8 is the correct version of zlib. The problem was that when looking for the zlib portfile, due to the corrupted server disk, MacPorts was instead being given the autoconf213 port's portfile; that port's version is 2.13.1. I'll verify later tonight (when I'm back at my computer) whether the portfiles are all now in the right places.

[rohall@…]

Cc Me!

[keith_dart@…]

This may be fixed now as a result of also fixing the corrupted file system. Please try it again.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

If it isn't, you can just delete the svn checkout and the mprsyncup script will make a new one.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Initial testing looks good, signatures match and zlib is zlib again.