On Sep 18, 2007, at 21:27, David Moylan wrote:
I tried re-installing the port of m4, which made no difference with my install problem, then I reviewed the m4 description at m4.darwinports.com and saw that it tries to install the binary as gm4.
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`which m4` returned /usr/bin/m4 (version 1.4.2)
while
`which gm4` returned /opt/local/bin/gm4 (version 1.4.10)
Guessing that the build tools might look for m4 before gm4 I moved / usr/bin/m4 to /usr/bin/m4.old, then did a clean and install on libmng.
It worked!
libmng is now installed.
If you're having trouble with no Makefile being generated and 'no rule' errors, have a look at your path for old versions of m4.
/usr/bin/m4 is provided by Mac OS X. You should not need to move it. If you do, then that is merely a workaround. It sounds like a more permanent fix for the libmng portfile is still required. Please file a bug in Trac and assign it to the maintainer and Cc the maintainer and yourself.