#23314: oaf does not find perl: installing fvwm2 on 10.6 -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: kummini@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.2 Keywords: oaf, perl, fvwm2 | Port: fvwm2 -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- OS: 10.6 Xcode: version shipped with OS. Here is the log from 'sudo port install fvwm2' [...] checking for perl... no configure: error: perl not found; required for xml-i18n-tools Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome_oaf/work/oaf-0.6.10" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 1 DEBUG: Backtrace: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome_oaf/work/oaf-0.6.10" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 1 while executing "$procedure $targetname" Warning: the following items did not execute (for oaf): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gnome-libs oaf readline xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xpm Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> khasaak:~ manoj$ which perl /opt/local/bin/perl khasaak:~ manoj$ which perl5 /opt/local/bin/perl5 khasaak:~ manoj$ file `which perl` /opt/local/bin/perl: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 # That is file <backtick> which perl <backtick>; it was reformatted by this ticket form. khasaak:~ manoj$ file `which perl5` /opt/local/bin/perl5: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 The path macport sees (specified in /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf) is # PATH settings that are used for external tools (configure, make, etc.) while installing ports. The default # paths are given in the example; it need not be uncommented. Customizing binpath is intended for advanced users only. #binpath /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23314> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS