strange problem with `gv' install under Leopard

[Joerg van den Hoff]

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 04:00:50AM -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Jul 20, 2008, at 02:34, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> >On Jul 18, 2008, at 03:46, Joerg van den Hoff wrote:
> >
> >>thanks for taking this seriously (it sounds stupid, I'm
> >>sure...).
> >
> >No no, it sounds like a bug, and I like getting bugs fixed, so let's
> >keep at it until we do!
> >
> >
> >>>On Jul 17, 2008, at 11:49, Joerg van den Hoff wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>I'm currently in the process of a complete new install of macports
> >>>>on a power book g4 running leopard 10.5.3. so not much yet to mess
> >>>>things up...
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >>>>port install gv
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >>>>PROBLEM: the resulting "executable" `gv' in /opt/local/bin is a
> >>>>copy of the config file /opt/local/lib/gv/GV....
> >>>>
> >>>>question: my fault or a bug?
> >>>
> >>>/opt/local/lib/gv/GV is not a config file.
> >>>It *is* the gv binary.
> >>
> >>than the problem is already at _this_ point:
> >>in may case,
> >>/opt/local/lib/gv/GV is the same _text_ file as /opt/local/gv.
> >>
> >>>The makefile includes a step that deliberately copies this file to
> >>>/opt/local/bin/gv.
> >
> >
> >Upon rereading the Makefile I see I was mistaken earlier when I said
> >that the it copies ${prefix}/lib/gv/GV to ${prefix}/bin/gv.
> >
> >Is your filesystem case-sensitive or case-insensitive? I'm guessing
> >the latter, which is the default on Mac OS X. I was using a case-
> >insensitive filesystem too in my earlier test.
> >
> >Testing on a case-sensitive filesystem now, what I've found is that
> >after the build phase is complete, the src directory contains both
> >"gv" and "GV". "gv" is the binary which should go in ${prefix}/bin/
> >gv, and "GV" is the configuration file which should go in ${prefix}/
> >lib/gv/GV. Of course a case-insensitive filesystem can only
> >accommodate one of these files existing at a time.
> >
> >So on your computer you have the problem that ${prefix}/bin/gv is a
> >copy of the config file at ${prefix}/lib/gv/GV and therefore you
> >don't have a proper gv binary so you can't run gv.
> >
> >And on my computer I have the problem that ${prefix}/lib/gv/GV is a
> >copy of the binary at ${prefix}/bin/gv so I don't have a proper GV
> >config file and I don't know what the implications of that are.
> >
> >For whatever reason (processor speed, disk speed, compiler version),
> >it looks like the order in which things get built differs between our
> >machines.
> >
> >Clearly the build process needs to be changed so that it does not
> >have case collisions like this. I filed a bug report with the
> >developers of gv:
> >
> >https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?23896
> 
> The developers of gv were quick in suggesting a workaround, which  
> I've put into the portfile. I also updated gv from 3.6.3 to 3.6.5. If  
> you will wait at least 30 minutes from the time of this message, then  
> run "sudo port sync", then you should be able to install gv with  

right now, I'm back to my own machine (still running Tiger, which I probably
will do until judgement day if Apple is not finally fixing fullscreen X11 support
again...). but I understand that the problem is the "case issue" (`GV' vs. `gv')
and not Leopard specific. so I've just installed `gv' (previously still using
the one from `fink') and it just runs fine. perfect fix!
I'll check the Leopard machine next week, but I think it's for sure that the
problem will go away there too.

> "sudo port install gv". And thanks so much for reporting this  

the only danger lurking in the corner was the possibility that I had made
some stupid corner. it sounded just to stupid...

> problem! ;-) Please let us know if anything else isn't working.

you bet :-)

and really thanks a lot for solving this issue.

joerg