ocaml won't compile/install {Scanned}

[William Davis]

On Nov 18, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Paul Guyot wrote:

>
> Le 18 nov. 07 à 14:47, HENRY HOLLENBERG a écrit :
>
>> Hey gang,
>>
>> I am trying to install ocaml so I can compile unison which depends  
>> on ocaml so I can
>> synchronize my files between my MacBookPro and AMD64 Ubuntu box.   
>> Had to get
>> the latest unison (2.27.10) I could find to overcome a 64 bit  
>> integer bug which was crashing
>> file transfers.
>>
>> Since then Unison has worked flawlessly between MBP 10.4 and Ubuntu- 
>> AMD64.
>>
>> Then I did the leopard upgrade.  Wrecked apple mail, now using  
>> Thunderbird and I can't
>> get my old version of ocaml (3.10.0) to compile.  It compiled fine  
>> on 10.4.
>>
>> So I downloaded MacPorts to get that version of ocaml:
>>
>> sh-3.2# port search ocaml
>> ocaml                          lang/ocaml     3.10.0        
>> Objective Caml is an implementation of the ML language
>> ocaml-mode.el                  lang/ocaml-mode.el 3.05         An  
>> EMACS major mode for editing OCaml programs.
>> ocamlduce                      lang/ocamlduce 3.08.4pl3     
>> Objective Caml extensions for manipulating XML
>>
>>
>> But when I try to install I get:
>>
>> sh-3.2# port install ocaml
>> Error: Error executing darwin_9: invalid command name  
>> "macosx_deployment_target"
>> Error: Unable to open port: Error evaluating variants
>>
>>
>> I don't think it is a bad install of MacPorts as I have loaded  
>> several packages succesfully:
>>
>> sh-3.2# port installed
>> The following ports are currently installed:
>> expat @2.0.1_0 (active)
>> gettext @0.17_0 (active)
>> libiconv @1.11_6 (active)
>> py-chart @1.37_0 (active)
>> python24 @2.4.4_1+darwin_9 (active)
>> python25 @2.5.1_2+darwin_9 (active)
>>
>> Is their some way I can edit the sources on ocaml to get it to  
>> compile?
>>
>> If not, How long do these type things usually take to get fixed in  
>> MacPorts? ie when should I check back....daily, weekly, monthly???
>
> Depends on the port, the problem and the availability of the  
> maintainer :)
> I am the maintainer of ocaml, but I don't have Leopard and I have  
> been vaguely inactive lately, especially when the following lines  
> were added to ocaml Portfile:
>
> platform darwin 9 {
>    macosx_deployment_target 10.4
> }
>
> This is what breaks on your system. Judging from the Changelog, this  
> command hasn't been released yet, and this is why it breaks. I guess  
> you can either:
> - get the latest development version of MacPorts (or the 1.6 RC, if  
> it includes this command)
> - replace it with something that should work on the previous release  
> of MacPorts, such as:
> configure.env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4
>
> I'm Ccing Kevin who might have a clue.
>
> Paul
>
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I reported this a week ago --http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/13236
also if this *was* valid should it not be = 10.5 for darwin_9 not 10.4  
as shown in portfile


@ Henry
sudo port edit ocaml
will let you edit the port file (assuming you have env value EDITOR  
defined)
try adding # at the begining of those three lines

# platform darwin_9
#   macosx_deployment_target 10.4
# }

Then try again. Note: this change will go away the next time you do  
sudo port selfupdate, but that doesnt matter if the software installed  
it will stay installed.

William Davis
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