> On Apr 24, 2021, at 11:59 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2021, at 23:23, Ken Cunningham wrote:
>
>> On Apr 24, 2021, at 7:36 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> Does only the first non-sudo `port` command fail? Does running the command
>>> with `sudo` once allow it to work without `sudo` a second time?
>>>
>>> (There could be a one-time need to modify the registry sqlite database for
>>> the new method.)
>>
>> Yes, indeed that seems to be the case. I just tried it again on that same
>> system, and indeed I no longer need to use sudo for basic commands. Good
>> catch.
>
> Ok, then this is probably just the way it is for now. I seem to recall a
> similar situation happening with some previous MacPorts base update. Whenever
> we change the structure of the registry in some way, we increase the registry
> version and there is code (our update_db function) that knows what SQL
> statements need to run to convert an old registry version into the new one.
> This requires write access to the database.
>
> Maybe there is a way that we could postpone the sqlite update process until
> you run a sudo port command. But depending on what the modifications are that
> the update performs, a new MacPorts might not be able to understand the
> structure of an old MacPorts registry until the sqlite update is performed.
>
Well, now I am a bit confused. I restarted the Tiger machine, and the problem
is back:
$ uname -a
Darwin MacMini.local 8.11.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28
PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386
$ which port
/opt/local/bin/port
$ port -v
sqlite error: attempt to write a readonly database (1544) while executing
query: ATTACH DATABASE '/opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db' AS
registry
while executing
"registry::open $db_path"
(procedure "mportinit" line 712)
invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, sqlite error:
attempt to write a readonly database (1544) while executing query: ATTACH
DATABASE '/opt/local/var/macports/registry/registry.db' AS registry
$ sudo port -v
MacPorts 2.6.99
Entering shell mode... ("help" for help, "quit" to quit)
[Users/cunningh] > quit
Goodbye
My apologies for not immediately understanding why it worked last night and not
today.
As Josh says, perhaps this is my own cross to bear due to how I build MacPorts.
I will try it on another Tiger system I have, PPC.
Ken
