[MacPorts] #22364: emacs-22.3 link error on snow leopard

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#22364: emacs-22.3 link error on snow leopard
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 Reporter:  reto.stockli@…          |       Owner:  darren.bane@…        
     Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:                       
Component:  ports                   |     Version:  1.8.1                
 Keywords:                          |        Port:  emacs                
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Comment(by ross@…):

 After searching the web, I found someone claiming [http://old.nabble.com
 /emacs-app-devel-fails-to-build-under-Snow-Leopard-td25301768.html here]
 that compiling emacs from CVS will work. I managed to verify this; below
 is a workaround that will let you hack the solution into MacPorts:

 {{{
 # go to your homedir
 cd
 # grab the source from CVS, purposefully misnaming the version
 cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/emacs co
 emacs-22.3
 # tar it up
 tar zcf emacs-22.3.tar.gz emacs-22.3/
 # just to be anal, verify that MacPorts' emacs really is failing
 sudo port clean emacs
 sudo port install emacs
 # assuming it failed, replace the MacPorts source with the new one
 cd /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/emacs
 sudo mv emacs-22.3.tar.gz emacs-22.3.tar.gz.orig
 sudo cp ~/emacs-22.3.tar.gz .
 md5 emacs-22.3.tar.gz # remember this output
 # prepare to edit the Portfile
 cd
 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/editors/emacs
 sudo cp Portfile Portfile.orig
 sudo vi Portfile
 # we need to change two things in the Portfile:
 # 1) change the md5 sum to the one calculated earlier
 # 2) remove the patchfiles section, i.e., delete this:
 # patchfiles    patch-Makefile.in.diff \
 #               patch-leim-Makefile.in.diff
 # now try building it
 sudo port clean emacs
 sudo port install emacs
 }}}

 '''NOTE:''' if MacPorts releases an updated Portfile that fixes the
 problem, and it still refers to the same version of emacs, then you will
 need to restore the original source. For example:

 {{{
 # restore the real 22.3
 cd /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/emacs
 sudo mv emacs-22.3.tar.gz emacs-22.3.tar.gz.cvs
 sudo mv emacs-22.3.tar.gz.orig emacs-22.3.tar.gz
 sudo port clean emacs
 sudo port upgrade emacs
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/22364#comment:4>
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