Installing dia on macports: invalid command name "post-deactivate"

Question

I'm trying to install dia on Mac OSX, but I get an odd error: invalid command name "post-deactivate"

$ sudo port install -d dia
--->  Computing dependencies for diaError: Unable to execute port: invalid command name "post-deactivate"
Before reporting a bug, first run the command again with the -d flag to get complete output.

I can't find anything helpful about this error from Googling. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

Answer 1

Looks like a bug in the Portfile of one of dia's dependencies. If you haven't updated your ports lately, run

$ sudo port selfupdate

to get the latest version of MacPorts (the relevant Portfile may have been fixed). If that doesn't work, file a bug.