#18353: gmake fails -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: tcampbell@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Bugs Component: ports | Version: 1.7.0 Keywords: | Port: -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Old description:

I just loaded MACPorts 1.7 and it installed correctly. When I attempt to install gmake I get the following errors.

$ sudo port install gmake Password: ---> Fetching expat ---> Attempting to fetch expat-2.0.1.tar.gz from http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/expat ---> Verifying checksum(s) for expat ---> Extracting expat ---> Configuring expat 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_textproc_expat/work/expat-2.0.1" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 77 Command output: checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin9.6.0 checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin9.6.0 checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details.

Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gettext expat libiconv gperf ncurses ncursesw Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. $

Thanks for the help!!!

New description: I just loaded MACPorts 1.7 and it installed correctly. When I attempt to install gmake I get the following errors. {{{ $ sudo port install gmake Password: ---> Fetching expat ---> Attempting to fetch expat-2.0.1.tar.gz from http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/expat ---> Verifying checksum(s) for expat ---> Extracting expat ---> Configuring expat 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_textproc_expat/work/expat-2.0.1" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 77 Command output: checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin9.6.0 checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin9.6.0 checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gettext expat libiconv gperf ncurses ncursesw Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. $ }}} Thanks for the help!!! -- Comment(by blb@…): Make sure you have Xcode installed, and the latest version at that (since you're on 10.5, that would be Xcode 3.1.2); have a look at the [http://guide.macports.org/ guide] and especially the [http://guide.macports.org/#installing installing section] which should cover what you need for a successful install of MacPorts. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18353#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS