#17182: Variables aren't expanded in path:-style dependencies -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: ryandesign@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts base bugs Component: base | Version: 1.6.0 Keywords: | Port: -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Comment(by mcalhoun@…): Based on this discussion, could the problem be the following in portindex?: {{{ --- portindex 2008-11-04 09:06:00.000000000 -0500 +++ portindex.new 2008-11-21 21:02:26.000000000 -0500 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ incr stats(total) global macports::prefix set save_prefix $prefix - set prefix {\${prefix}} + set prefix {${prefix}} if {[catch {set interp [mportopen file://[file join $directory $portdir]]} result]} { puts stderr "Failed to parse file $portdir/Portfile: $result" # revert the prefix. }}} Making the change seems to have changed the \${prefix} to ${prefix} in a test Portindex file. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17182#comment:12> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS