#13430: Macports 1.5-10.5 fails to install on a brand new Mac - readline ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: slivnik@tomaz.name | Owner: macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: High | Milestone: MacPorts 1.5 Component: base | Version: 1.5.0 Resolution: | Keywords: readline ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment (by markd@macports.org): << I have no objection to MacPorts being compiled with readline support It has been turned off by default because it is only used in MP interactive mode -a seldom used option. So your non-objection is mute. If you want to know the reasons why readline causes so much trouble for MP, ask the MP developer list or search the list archives. But I think you are simply wrong about how gcc searches for stuff. We turned it off because of all the "oh man it's so easy to avoid /usr/../readline problems" assertions over time; yet actually doing it goes way beyond MP (gcc issues I think) and I don't believe anyone ever came up with a way that would work. But as I said, if you want to argue for the ease of a hypothetical solution, look at the macports-dev archives first and bring the discussion to the list because this has all been discussed before at length. But as I said, it has been turned off and probably few (if any) will miss MP interactive mode. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/13430#comment:6> MacPorts </projects/macports> Ports system for Mac OS