#37405: gconf installation fails due to configure script failure with xgettext ---------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: clw2@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: | Keywords: gconf gettext msgfmt Port: | ---------------------+---------------------------------- Comment (by clw2@…): I installed gconf by hacking the configure and commenting out the lines that used xgettext. starting at line 18922, and then at line 18930 #if test -z "$XGETTEXT" -o -z "$MSGMERGE" -o -z "$MSGFMT"; then # { { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool" >&5 #$as_echo "$as_me: error: GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool" >&2;} # { (exit 1); exit 1; }; } #fi at line 18930 #if test -z "$xgversion" -o -z "$mmversion" -o -z "$mfversion"; then # { { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool" >&5 #$as_echo "$as_me: error: GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool" >&2;} # { (exit 1); exit 1; }; } #fi after that I ran as root in /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gconf/gconf/work/GConf-2.28.1 sudo su ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --without-openldap make make install Interestingly this fails: $ xgettext --version xgettext: A --flag argument doesn't have the <keyword>:<argnum>:[pass-]<flag> syntax: gettext:1:pass-c-format and it probably should not.... -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37405#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS