December 2007 - macports-users - lists.macosforge.org

is the avahi user creation supposed to be part of installing avahi?
by paul beard 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

[/opt/local/etc]# avahi-daemon Failed to find user 'avahi'. None of the stuff that runs on top of avahi will run, for obvious reasons. should there a stanza like this pre-activate { addgroup messagebus adduser messagebus gid=[existsgroup messagebus] realname=Message\ Bus } in the Portfile? -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ <paulbeard@gmail.com/paulbeard@mac.com>

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"unable to execute -DNDEBUG" - strange gnucash build failure
by Peter Schneider 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Hello After a "sudo port install gnucash +without_docs" I got this, probably my favorite Christmas-bug, so far I haven't been able to reduplicate it (another run of "sudo port -d install gnucash +without_docs" gave me another error ... see next posting). It's completely obscure for me that the error message seems to be related to gdbm, a fair while after that port was activated. "-DNDEBUG" doesn't probably exist as a command, well, I thought so. "libdaemon" ("libdaemon @0.12_0 (active)"!) has got through its activation, too, though any feedback was missing ... see console messages below. Also weird: gdbm seems to be properly installed ... a "port installed" lists gdbm @1.8.3_1 (active), and I definitely don't need anything built for Panther (MacOS 10.3). 1 Mio. $ Question: What went wrong here? My environment looks basically like this: PowerPC, macport 1.6.0 (1x selfupdate yesterday) at /opt/local/, a new installation of Leopard, XCode 3 (from DVD, that's still the most recent version available at connect.apple.com) Cheers Peter ... ######################################################################### ---> Fetching gdbm ---> Attempting to fetch gdbm-1.8.3.tar.gz from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm ---> Verifying checksum(s) for gdbm ---> Extracting gdbm ---> Applying patches to gdbm ---> Configuring gdbm ---> Building gdbm with target all ---> Staging gdbm into destroot ---> Installing gdbm 1.8.3_1 ---> Activating gdbm 1.8.3_1 ---> Cleaning gdbm ---> Fetching libdaemon ---> Attempting to fetch libdaemon-0.12.tar.gz from http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/ ---> Verifying checksum(s) for libdaemon ---> Extracting libdaemon ---> Configuring libdaemon ---> Building libdaemon with target all ---> Staging libdaemon into destroot ---> Installing libdaemon 0.12_0 running build_ext building 'gdbm' extension creating build creating build/temp.macosx-10.3-ppc-2.5 -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/python2.5 -c gdbmmodule.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.3-ppc-2.5/gdbmmodule.o unable to execute -DNDEBUG: No such file or directory error: command '-DNDEBUG' failed with exit status 1 Error: The following dependencies failed to build: evince avahi py25-gdbm py25-gtk py25-cairo esound gconf intltool orbit2 libidl gnome-doc-utils iso-codes py25-hashlib openssl py25-libxml2 gnome-icon-theme icon-naming-utils p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools p5-xml-simple p5-test-simple p5-test-harness p5-xml-namespacesupport p5-xml-sax gnome-keyring libgcrypt libgpg-error gnome-vfs gnome-mime-data howl neon libart_lgpl libgnome libbonobo popt libgnomecanvas gail libgnomeui libbonoboui m4 nautilus eel gnome-desktop fribidi startup-notification gnome-menus libexif librsvg libcroco libgsf shared-mime-info poppler poppler-data goffice03 libgnomeprintui libgnomeprint bison libgnomecups pcre guile16 readline ncurses ncursesw gawk libgtkhtml3 p5-finance-quote p5-crypt-ssleay p5-libwww-perl p5-compress-zlib p5-compress-raw-zlib p5-io-compress-base p5-scalar-list-utils p5-io-compress-zlib p5-html-parser p5-html-tagset p5-uri p5-datemanip p5-html-tableextract slib slib-guile16 Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com

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Best way to install PHP 5.3 alongside MacPorts PHP 5.2
by Michael J. I. Jackson 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Hello all, Can anybody tell me the best way to install PHP 5.3 (currently in development) alongside a MacPorts install of PHP 5.2 on Apache? I'm having two problems in particular. 1) I tried downloading and installing the PHP 5.3 snapshot to /usr/local using the following ./configure: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-calendar --with-iconv=/opt/local --enable-exif --enable-ftp --enable-wddx --with-zlib=/opt/local --with-libxml-dir=/opt/local --with-gettext=/opt/local --with-xml --with-expat-dir=/opt/local --with-xmlrpc --enable-soap --enable-filepro --enable-bcmath --enable-trans-sid --enable-mbstring --enable-dbx --enable-dba --with-openssl=/opt/local --with-mhash=/opt/local --with-mcrypt=/opt/local --with-xsl=/opt/local --with-curl=/opt/local --with-pcre-regex=/opt/local --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/opt/local --with-png-dir=/opt/local --enable-gd-native-ttf --without-pear --with-freetype-dir=/opt/local --with-ldap=/usr --with-kerberos=/usr --with-iodbc=/usr --with-apxs2=/opt/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_www_php5/work/mysql5 --with-pdo-mysql=/opt/local/bin/mysql_config5 --with-mysql-sock=/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock --with-mysqli=/opt/local/bin/mysql_config5 --with-sqlite --with-pdo-sqlite=/opt/local --enable-sqlite-utf8 This is basically the same ./configure my MacPorts install uses, but with a different prefix. However, I get the following error during configure: checking for specified location of the MySQL UNIX socket... /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock checking for MySQL UNIX socket location... /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock configure: error: Cannot find MySQL header files under /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_www_php5/work/mysql5. Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore! So when I take out --with-mysql, it compiles and installs fine, but I don't have the MySQL library. 2) Using the above method, the new Apache module overwrites the old module (/opt/local/apache2/modules/libphp5.so). This is just fine for running just 5.3, but I don't want to use it all the time! I only want 5.3 as a development version. Any help? Is there any way that I can install 5.3 so that I can just put a different extension on files that I'd like to use it for? .php53 maybe? Thanks, Michael

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Emacs and Leopard problems continue
by Rob MacLeod 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Hi folks, I am still struggling with Leopard woes with emacs. I was able to get emacs, emacs-devel, and emacs-app all made by manually applying the patch provided in ticket #13294. emacs made in the wrong directory while emacs-devel did better and ended up properly placed. However, neither emacs nor emacs-devel launch a new X window when I start them. I vaguely recall that this was a problem in the past but I was able with Tiger to get at least one of them (no longer sure which) to work in the proper X window mode. Does anyone know if there are some other settings I need to get a full functioning X11 based emacs to work? In the meantime, I will experiment with emacs-app to see if I can get it to work the way I am used to... Good thing this is the break and I have time to deal with all the frustrations of Leopard.... Happy New Year, Rob

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GnuCash and guile
by Todd O'Bryan 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

I was trying to install GnuCash and it said I didn't have guile. So I installed guile manually and now it apparently thinks the guile that got installed isn't good enough. Any hints about where to go from here? I tried installing slib, but it says it's already installed. Thanks, Todd doug-spauldings-imac:~ dougspaulding$ sudo port -vf install gnucash ---> Configuring gnucash checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c ... checking for guile-config... yes checking whether guile-config works... yes checking for sin in -lm... yes checking for guile libraries... -D_THREAD_SAFE -lguile -lltdl -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -lgmp -lm -lltdl checking for guile headers... -I/opt/local/include -D_THREAD_SAFE checking whether guile works... yes checking for guile... /opt/local/bin/guile checking for guile - 1.6.0 <= version < 99.99.99... yes: 1.8.3 checking for guile - 1.8.0 <= version < 99.99.99... yes: 1.8.3 checking for SLIB support... configure: error: Cannot find SLIB. Are you sure you have it installed? See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347922 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_gnucash/work/gnucash-2.2.1" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-glibtest --disable-debug --disable-profile --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-hbci --enable-ofx " returned error 1 Command output: checking for locale.h... (cached) yes checking mcheck.h usability... no checking mcheck.h presence... no checking for mcheck.h... no checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking wctype.h usability... yes checking wctype.h presence... yes checking for wctype.h... yes checking for dlsym... yes checking for dlerror... yes checking for darwin... yes, moving on... checking for qt_null in -lqthreads... no checking for qt_null in -lqt... no checking for main in -ltermcap... yes checking for main in -lreadline... yes checking for guile-config... yes checking whether guile-config works... yes checking for sin in -lm... yes checking for guile libraries... -D_THREAD_SAFE -lguile -lltdl -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -lgmp -lm -lltdl checking for guile headers... -I/opt/local/include -D_THREAD_SAFE checking whether guile works... yes checking for guile... /opt/local/bin/guile checking for guile - 1.6.0 <= version < 99.99.99... yes: 1.8.3 checking for guile - 1.8.0 <= version < 99.99.99... yes: 1.8.3 checking for SLIB support... configure: error: Cannot find SLIB. Are you sure you have it installed? See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347922 Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnucash): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnucash): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

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gnucash - aqbanking build fails
by Peter Schneider 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Building aqbanking 2.2.9 needed for gnucash fails on brand new installation of macports 1.6.0 Xcode3 (newest version, checked that yesterday, connect.apple.com doesn't offer anything newer at the moment) New, nearly untouched MacOS 10.5.1 installation with DevTools and new Xlibs ... com.apple.pkg.X11SDKLeo.bom/com.apple.pkg.X11User.bom The current version of aqbanking and gwenhywfar is 3.0.1, that stuff is somewhat dated, too. Console messages below ... "sudo port install gnucash" was the first install on this system (it's always discouraging when the very first thing that is to be built fails :-( ) ################################################### ---> Fetching aqbanking ---> Attempting to fetch aqbanking-2.2.9.tar.gz from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/aqbanking ---> Verifying checksum(s) for aqbanking ---> Extracting aqbanking ---> Configuring aqbanking ---> Building aqbanking with target all Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9" && make all " returned error 2 Command output: mkdir .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a Extracting /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/frontends/qbanking/lib/widgets/.libs/libwidgets.a (cd .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a && ar x /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/frontends/qbanking/lib/widgets/.libs/libwidgets.a) rm -fr .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a mkdir .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a Extracting /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/frontends/qbanking/lib/dialogs/.libs/libdialogs.a (cd .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a && ar x /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/frontends/qbanking/lib/dialogs/.libs/libdialogs.a) rm -fr .libs/libqbanking.lax/libviews.a mkdir .libs/libqbanking.lax/libviews.a Extracting /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/frontends/qbanking/lib/views/.libs/libviews.a (cd .libs/libqbanking.lax/libviews.a && ar x /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/frontends/qbanking/lib/views/.libs/libviews.a) /usr/bin/g++-4.0 -dynamiclib -single_module -o .libs/libqbanking.4.0.0.dylib .libs/qbflagstaff.o .libs/qbanking.o .libs/qbwaitcallback.o .libs/qbwcb_fast.o .libs/qbwcb_simple.o .libs/qbwcb_progress.o .libs/qbcfgmodule.o .libs/banking.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbaccountlist.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbcfgtab.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbcfgtab.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbcfgtabpage.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbcfgtabpageaccount.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbcfgtabpageuser.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbinputbox.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbjoblist.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbplugindescrlist.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbprogress.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbprogress.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbsimplebox.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbsimplebox.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libwidgets.a/qbuserlist.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpageaccountgen.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpageaccountgen.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpageaccounts.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpageaccounts.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpagebackends.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpagebackends.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpageusergen.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpageusergen.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpageusers.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabpageusers.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbcfgtabsettings.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbeditaccount.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbedituser.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbimporter.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbimporter.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbmapaccount.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbmapaccount.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbpickstartdate.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbpickstartdate.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbprintdialog.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbprintdialog.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbprocesswatcher.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbprocesswatcher.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbselectbackend.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbselectbackend.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbselectbank.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbselectbank.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbselectfromlist.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libdialogs.a/qbselectfromlist.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libviews.a/qbbankselector.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libviews.a/qbbankselector.ui.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libviews.a/qbjobview.o .libs/libqbanking.lax/libviews.a/qbjobview.ui.o -L/opt/local/lib /opt/local/lib/libiconv.dylib -lc /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/libs/aqbanking/.libs/libaqbanking.dylib -L/usr/lib -L/sw/lib /opt/local/lib/libgwenhywfar.dylib -L/opt/local/lib/qt3/lib /opt/local/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.dylib -L/usr/X11R6/lib /opt/local/lib/libz.dylib /opt/local/lib/libXrender.dylib /opt/local/lib/libXft.dylib /opt/local/lib/libfreetype.dylib /opt/local/lib/libfontconfig.dylib /opt/local/lib/libintl.dylib -install_name /opt/local/lib/libqbanking.4.dylib -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,5 -Wl,-current_version -Wl,5.0 (cd .libs && rm -f libqbanking.4.dylib && ln -s libqbanking.4.0.0.dylib libqbanking.4.dylib) (cd .libs && rm -f libqbanking.dylib && ln -s libqbanking.4.0.0.dylib libqbanking.dylib) rm -fr .libs/libqbanking.lax creating libqbanking.la (cd .libs && rm -f libqbanking.la && ln -s ../libqbanking.la libqbanking.la) /usr/bin/g++-4.0 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DBUILDING_QBANKING -DPKGDATADIR=\"/opt/local/share/aqbanking\" -DQBANKING_PLUGINS=\"/opt/local/lib/aqbanking/plugins/16/frontends/qbanking\" -DQBANKING_HELPDIR=\"/opt/local/share/aqbanking/frontends/qbanking/help\" -DQT3_SUPPORT -I. -I. -I../../../.. -I../../../../headers -I./dialogs -I./widgets -I./views -Idialogs -Iwidgets -Iviews -I/opt/local/include -DXTHREADS -I/opt/local/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng12 -I/usr/X11/include -DXTHREADS -I/opt/local/include/libglade-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/libxml2 -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng12 -I/usr/X11/include -I/opt/local/lib/qt3/include -fvisibility=hidden -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -O2 -g -Wall -c -o testlib.o testlib.cpp /bin/sh ../../../../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link /usr/bin/g++-4.0 -O2 -g -Wall -L/opt/local/lib -g -o testlib testlib.o libqbanking.la /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/libs/aqbanking/libaqbanking.la -lintl /usr/bin/g++-4.0 -O2 -g -Wall -g -o .libs/testlib testlib.o -Wl,-bind_at_load -L/opt/local/lib ./.libs/libqbanking.dylib -L/usr/lib -L/sw/lib -L/opt/local/lib/qt3/lib /opt/local/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.dylib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lresolv -lz -lGL /usr/X11/lib/libXmu.6.2.0.dylib /opt/local/lib/libXrender.dylib /usr/X11/lib/libXrandr.2.0.0.dylib /usr/X11/lib/libXcursor.1.0.2.dylib /usr/X11/lib/libXinerama.1.0.0.dylib /opt/local/lib/libXft.dylib /opt/local/lib/libfreetype.dylib /opt/local/lib/libfontconfig.dylib /usr/X11/lib/libXext.6.4.0.dylib /usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.2.0.dylib -lm /usr/X11/lib/libSM.6.0.0.dylib /usr/X11/lib/libICE.6.3.0.dylib -ldl /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_aqbanking/work/aqbanking-2.2.9/src/libs/aqbanking/.libs/libaqbanking.dylib /opt/local/lib/libgwenhywfar.dylib -lssl -lcrypto /opt/local/lib/libintl.dylib /opt/local/lib/libiconv.dylib -lc ld: cycle in dylib re-exports with /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.dylib collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[7]: *** [testlib] Error 1 make[6]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[5]: *** [all] Error 2 make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 Error: The following dependencies failed to build: aqbanking evince audiofile avahi dbus xmlto getopt dbus-glib dbus-python25 py25-gobject python25 py25-numeric gdbm libdaemon py25-gdbm py25-gtk py25-cairo esound gconf intltool orbit2 libidl gnome-doc-utils iso-codes py25-hashlib openssl py25-libxml2 gnome-icon-theme icon-naming-utils p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools p5-xml-simple p5-test-simple p5-test-harness p5-xml-namespacesupport p5-xml-sax gnome-keyring libgcrypt libgpg-error gnome-vfs gnome-mime-data howl neon libart_lgpl libgnome libbonobo popt libgnomecanvas gail libgnomeui libbonoboui m4 nautilus eel gnome-desktop fribidi startup-notification gnome-menus libexif librsvg libcroco libgsf shared-mime-info poppler poppler-data gnucash-docs yelp firefox-x11 zip libgtkhtml goffice03 libgnomeprintui libgnomeprint bison libgnomecups pcre guile16 readline ncurses ncursesw gawk libgtkhtml3 p5-finance-quote p5-crypt-ssleay p5-libwww-perl p5-compress-zlib p5-compress-raw-zlib p5-io-compress-base p5-scalar-list-utils p5-io-compress-zlib p5-html-parser p5-html-tagset p5-uri p5-datemanip p5-html-tableextract slib slib-guile16 Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. ##################################################### Cheers, Peter __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! 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sudo port install mldonkey
by Charlse Darwin 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

$ sudo port install mldonkey ---> Building ocaml with target world.opt Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/ local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_oc aml/work/ocaml-3.10.0" && unset LD_PREBIND LD_PREBIND_ALLOW_OVERLAP && make world.opt " returned error 2 Command output: cd byterun; make all make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. if test -f stdlib/libcamlrun.a; then :; else \ ln -s ../byterun/libcamlrun.a stdlib/libcamlrun.a; fi cd yacc; make all make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. cd lex; make all make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. cd tools; make all make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. cd stdlib; make all make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. cd asmrun; make all gcc -I../byterun -DCAML_NAME_SPACE -DNATIVE_CODE -DTARGET_power - DSYS_rhapsody -O -Wall -DDARWIN_VERSION_6 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 - D_REENTRANT -c -o signals_asm.o signals_asm.c signals_asm.c: In function 'handle_signal': signals_asm.c:87: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c:87: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c:88: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c: In function 'trap_handler': signals_asm.c:160: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c:161: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c:163: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c:164: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c: In function 'segv_handler': signals_asm.c:193: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c:193: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c:198: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' signals_asm.c:199: error: 'struct mcontext' has no member named '__ss' make[1]: *** [signals_asm.o] Error 1 make: *** [runtimeopt] Error 2 Error: The following dependencies failed to build: lablgtk ocaml Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

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MacPorts 1.6 still supports OS X 10.3 Panther?
by js 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

Hi, port selfupdate failed with the following errors. Does this mean the latest Macports doen't support OS X 10.3 Panther? $ sudo port selfupdate MacPorts base version 1.520 installed Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.600 Configuring, Building and Installing new MacPorts base Error: /opt/local/bin/port: selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command "cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl && make && make install" returned error 2 Command output: registry.c:305: error: `errPtr' undeclared (first use in this function) registry.c:306: error: request for member `status' in something not a structure or union registry.c: At top level: registry.c:321: error: parse error before '*' token registry.c: In function `reg_start_write': registry.c:322: error: `errPtr' undeclared (first use in this function) registry.c:323: error: request for member `status' in something not a structure or union registry.c: At top level: registry.c:333: error: parse error before '*' token registry.c: In function `reg_end': registry.c:334: error: request for member `status' in something not a structure or union registry.c:335: error: `errPtr' undeclared (first use in this function) registry.c:341: error: request for member `db' in something not a structure or union registry.c:341: error: `query' undeclared (first use in this function) registry.c:342: error: `SQLITE_OK' undeclared (first use in this function) registry.c:345: error: `SQLITE_BUSY' undeclared (first use in this function) registry.c:346: error: request for member `db' in something not a structure or union registry.c: At top level: registry.c:359: error: parse error before '*' token registry.c: In function `reg_commit': registry.c:360: error: `errPtr' undeclared (first use in this function) registry.c:361: error: request for member `status' in something not a structure or union registry.c: At top level: registry.c:376: error: parse error before '*' token registry.c: In function `reg_rollback': registry.c:377: error: `errPtr' undeclared (first use in this function) registry.c:378: error: request for member `status' in something not a structure or union make[2]: *** [registry.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 1

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Re: plans for 64bit support (Joshua Root)
by Emil Lundberg 05 Jan '08

05 Jan '08

>>> The default should be to build 32-bit binaries on ppc64 machines, >>> since >>> ppc64 code is generally slower. There should be a config file >>> option so >>> those on ppc64 hardware can build everything 64-bit if they want. On >>> x86_64 machines, 64-bit binaries should be the default. >>> >>> +universal should default to building for ppc32, x86, and x86_64. >>> That >>> will generally give the best performance everywhere. >> >> An interesting perspective. Is there documentation backing up the >> claim >> that 64-bit ppc code is slower on 64-bit ppc machines than 32-bit >> ppc code? > > I've seen benchmark numbers that show this. I'll see if I can dig > them up. > >> > From a theoretical perspective, it's pretty clear that a PPC chip > running in 64-bit mode must be at least a little bit slower than the > same chip running in 32-bit mode, since pointers are twice as wide. > They > take up twice as much room in the caches and in memory. They also take > twice as many instructions to load and store. > > That's only when the code doesn't take advantage of the 64-bit > architecture, of course. Going to ppc64 can be a win if you need to > use > huge amounts of RAM in a single process, if your code can be > simplified > by making use of the 64-bit address space (e.g. mmap()ing a 200 GB > file), or if you use 64-bit integer arithmetic (which is emulated by > the > compiler on 32-bit). Thought I'd chip in. We use a wide array of hardware at our site; ppc & x86, 32 and 64-bit. Some applications DO need the 64-bit binaries (need to address 6+ Gb arrays), and the major hurdle in using 64-bit is not in the apps themselves but in all the libraries that they use. From our perspective, it is more important to support building fat 32/64-bit binaries than ppc/x86, as we do not generally share or sync the macports file tree between machines (way too risky and servers tend to be out of sync library- and OS-wise anyway). Thus a particular machine does not require dual architetures but may require 32/64-bit binaries/libraries, depending on the apps that use them. Also, the rest of the OS nowadays is quad-fat, so so should MacPorts, right... :-) Regarding +universal; unless someone can prove that there is a MAJOR, real-life, performance hit when using ppc64, my vote is on building the most competent binary possible, including the ppc64, for consistency and simplicity (given that the port actually builds, of course). Either that or split it into say +univ_arch and +univ_bit, but I'm all for simplicity. Of course, as Ryan said: it's not a matter of the building itself, but tying it all together at the end. I realise this no small matter, either. Best regards, /Emil

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what configuration files are read?
by Michael Stillwell 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

How does "port" figure out which configuration files to read? Mine is now trying to get configuration information from a non-existent file: I have a (source-compiled) version installed in /Ports, and then installed another temporary version into $HOME/scratch/ports (via ./ configure --prefix=$HOME/scratch/ports, to see whether a dependency problem with ncursesw had been fixed). Running /Ports/bin/port now produces an error message: boom:~$ /Ports/bin/port --help sources_conf must be set in /Users/mjs/scratch/ports/etc/macports/ macports.conf or in your /Users/mjs/.macports/macports.conf file while executing "mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations" Error: /Ports/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, sources_conf must be set in /Users/mjs/scratch/ports/etc/macports/macports.conf or in your /Users/mjs/.macports/macports.conf file Where is it getting the "scratch" directory from? There's nothing in $HOME/.macports except for a history file, and there's nothing in my environment either. /Ports/bin/ports itself appears to be unchanged, and rgrep over the /Ports directory gives nothing as well. Also, why does "make install" require root privileges? I tried to install without "sudo" to try to prevent the temporary install from making changes to my existing configuration files, but it won't actually install this way. --M. -- http://beebo.org +44 78 2118 9049

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