On Aug 4, 2017, at 17:25, Jerry wrote: > I just ran port selfupdate after several months and experienced the following > oddities. > > > * readline was reported as disabled: > > $ sudo port selfupdate > Password: > ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync > MacPorts base version 2.4.0 installed, > MacPorts base version 2.4.1 downloaded. > ---> Updating the ports tree > ---> MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.4.1 > Warning: Disabling readline support due to readline in /usr/local > > There is no readline directory in /usr/local.
It didn't say "readline directory"; it said "readline", meaning the readline libraries libreadline or libhistory were found in /usr/local/lib and/or the readline headers were found in /usr/local/include/readline. This is not supported. See: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#usrlocal
