Bob, Thanks. Your suggestion did indeed do the trick. Lenore

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sudo port install esound

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---> Building esound 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_aud io_e sound/work/esound-0.2.38" && make all " returned error 2 Command output: make: *** No rule to make target `all'. Stop.

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. Exit 1

I had this same issue. It would seem the autoconf is generating a bad configure file. I was able to get esound to compile by editing the portfile:

sudo port edit esound

and chaning the autoconf setting from yes to no.

Bob