On Jan 7, 2008, at 04:32, Joerg van den Hoff wrote:
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 12:05:14PM -0600, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Jan 4, 2008, at 09:41, Charlse Darwin wrote:
On Dec 26, 2007, at 8:14 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
This bug has already been reported:
# I installed ocaml from precompiled binary
# <http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-3.10/ocaml-3.10.0-ppc.dmg>
$ sudo port clean --dist --archive --work mldonkey ---> Cleaning mldonkey $ sudo port clean --dist --archive --work ocaml Password: ---> Cleaning ocaml $ sudo port clean --dist --archive --work mldonkey ---> Cleaning mldonkey Mac:~ pm$ sudo port -f install mldonkey ---> Fetching ocaml ---> Attempting to fetch ocaml-3.10.0.tar.bz2 from http:// caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-3.10/ ---> Verifying checksum(s) for ocaml ---> Extracting ocaml ---> Applying patches to ocaml ---> Configuring ocaml 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_lan g_ ocaml/work/ocaml-3.10.0" && ./configure -prefix /opt/local -no-tk " returned error 2 Command output: sed: 1: "s/-[^-]*$//": RE error: brackets ([ ]) not balanced ../gnu/config.sub: line 128: [: !=: unary operator expected Invalid configuration `powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0': machine `' not recognized Please specify the correct host type with the -host option
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: lablgtk ocaml Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. $
# How do I get it to skip ocaml?
There isn't a built-in way to do that. MacPorts is designed not to make use of any software you install outside of MacPorts. You could possibly modify the portfile to look for ocaml in a different directory. But what we would really like is for someone to figure out why the ocaml port fails to build, and fix it.
is there hope (i.e. is the package still actively maintained)?
would it be helpful to "cross post" this issue on one of the ocaml lists asking for opinions/help? if so, where to send potential answers? to "pguyot@kallisys.net" as
`port info ocaml'
tells me?
If you want to know if a package is being actively maintained, you should email the package maintainer. If "nomaintainer" is the package maintainer, then it is not being maintained. The problems Charlse Darwin was experiencing were the result of his unique setup which included a broken sed program. The general problems building ocaml on Tiger which were reported in ticket 13583 were resolved by me 3 days ago because the maintainer had not responded to the issue. After you "sudo port selfupdate" do you still see any problems?