#40911: auctex port installation fails to check dependencies correctly --------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: manu@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.2.0 Keywords: | Port: --------------------+-------------------------------- I tried to install the emacs_app variant of auctex with macports 2.2.0 via the following command: `sudo port install auctex +emacs_app` The installation failed: {{{ ---> Computing dependencies for auctex ---> Configuring auctex Error: Failed to configure auctex, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-11.87/config.log Error: org.macports.configure for port auctex returned: configure failure: command execution failed Please see the log file for port auctex for details: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/main.log To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide: http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets Error: Processing of port auctex failed }}} In the log, I see: {{{ :info:configure checking for gs... gs :info:configure checking for latex... NONE :info:configure configure: error: LaTeX not found, aborting! :info:configure You must install LaTeX for preview to work. :info:configure configure: error: ./configure failed for preview :info:configure Command failed: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-11.87" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-lispdir=/opt/local/share/emacs /site-lisp --with-auto-dir=/opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/auto --with-emacs=/Applications/MacPorts/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs :info:configure Exit code: 1 }}} My mistake is that I only have the texlive-basic port installed, which doesn't provide LaTeX. But I think the port should check for this case and go and install the appropriate port(s) so that LaTeX is present, rather than failing. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40911> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X