On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:06:34 -0400 "Daniel J. Luke" <dluke@geeklair.net> wrote:
On Jul 9, 2007, at 6:35 PM, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
Building claws-mail I got lots of messages like this
I don't see a claws-mail port, are you writing one?
Well, the thing is that I'm out of my depth. I've figured out that I can download sources, read the INSTALL file, and try it out. But as soon as something goes wrong I'm as helpless as a babe in the woods.
symbol _UI_OpenSSL used from dynamic library /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.7.dylib(ui_openssl.o) not from earlier dynamic library /opt/local/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib(ui_openssl.o)
I solved it by moving the libs out of /usr/lib while I built the application. When I ran it it said it couldn't go because those libs weren't present, so I've put them back. It worked, I'm using claws- mail to write this.
You need to tell the claws-mail build system to look for libs (and includes) in /opt/local
What is the best way to resolve these issues? How can I do it so that everything is being built inside /opt/local ?
If it's an autoconf-based project, it's fairly simple (set CPPFLAGS=- I/opt/local/include and LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib in your shell). Of course, if you create a Portfile, macports will do this for you and when the port gets committed, other people will be able to benefit from your work.
Right. If I understood what I was doing I'd happily contribute. I feel as though I've got a few beginners hurdles to trip over before I can do good. Ryan sent some links to the old port docs and suggested that I read the portfiles to get familiar with them. malcolm