Here's the error (just do "sudo port extract cmake-devel"; it results in this
error on every OS I tested, from 10.5 to 10.14):
{{{
Error: Failed to extract cmake-devel: error renaming
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_sources_MacPorts_ports_github_macports_devel_cmake/cmake-devel/work/cmake-772edffbf0c08fc0a6fcf74fb98545b7afcfee13-772edffbf0c08fc0a6fcf74fb98545b7afcfee13"
to
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_sources_MacPorts_ports_github_macports_devel_cmake/cmake-devel/work/cmake-772edffbf0c08fc0a6fcf74fb98545b7afcfee13/cmake-772edffbf0c08fc0a6fcf74fb98545b7afcfee13-772edffbf0c08fc0a6fcf74fb98545b7afcfee13":
trying to rename a volume or move a directory into itself
Error: See
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_sources_MacPorts_ports_github_macports_devel_cmake/cmake-devel/main.log
for details.
}}}
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, at 8:32 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2018, at 09:55, Michael Dickens wrote:
>
> > Re: <
> > https://github.com/macports/macports-base/commit/7921b2e05e9a4c9cda6efedee496affb305dcc07
> > >:
> > {{{
> > Date: December 29, 2017 at 10:54:09 AM EST
> > Author: Andrew L. Moore slewsys@...
> > Committed by Mojca Miklavec mojca@...
> >
> > portextract: Create symlink if no $worksrcpath
> >
> > If expected extract path doesn't exist, create a symlink
> > from expected directory to the actual one.
> > If $worksrcdir is explicitly set, nothing is done.
> > }}}
> >
> > This commit breaks the extract for "cmake-devel". Is the issue with the
> > Portfile, or with the commit? I'll look into this issue when I have a
> > chance, but maybe someone else (Mojca?) will get there first! - MLD
>
> That PR was submitted a year ago. It was high time to merge it.
>
> https://github.com/macports/macports-base/pull/55
>
> It was hoped that this would make many ports easier to write, without
> needing to set worksrcdir. Much testing was done to determine what
> negative impact this change might have, and some ports were identified
> that needed changes to be compatible with this. Most of those ports were
> already fixed to be compatible with both current MacPorts and the above
> PR. Looks like as of today only one port remains to be modified:
>
> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/1760
>
> It is certainly possible that some ports were missed. If you need help
> figuring out what to do with cmake-devel, let us know what the error is.
