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2007 Dec 02
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problem installing 2.6.1 on OSX Leopard (after failed MacPorts install)
...essage is as follows.
<pre>Install Failed
The Installer could not install some files in "/".
Contact the software manager for assistance.</pre>
I looked at the installer script and found the error message as follows.
<pre>
Dec 2 16:14:40 Macintosh pkgExtractor[5356]: BomFileError 62: Too many
levels of symbolic links - ///usr/local/lib
</pre>
SOLUTION
A quick check shows that, indeed,
/usr/local/lib
is messed up. It is an infinite link to itself. But, another directory
/usr/local/lib 1
seems to be the original directory, that was moved aside by something. (I...