On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:12:31 -0400 Randall Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Darwinports.com is a parasite on the MacPorts project. It is someone > attempting to make a cheap buck off of other people's work, and is, > as you discovered, not reliable. Is that right? What a dick! I've been confused by this too. I presumed that the information there was reliable. malcolm > > On 11 Jul 2007, at 21:06, Daniel E. Bunker wrote: > > > Hmmm... I found the doc here <<http://ppl.darwinports.com/>>. I > > 'thought' that macports is simply the latest darwinports - is that > > not correct? (I did mention that I am a newbie, yes?). > > > > Should I try to install it with 24245, or should I wait until it is > > resolved? > > > > Bug submitted. > > > > In any case, thanks for your work on this project and your quick > > reply. > > > > Cheers, > > Dan > > > > > > > > On Jul 11, 2007, at 6:50 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jul 11, 2007, at 15:00, Daniel E. Bunker wrote: > >> > >>> I am having difficulty installing Macports and the PPL library > >>> via Macports. I initially intstalled Macports (and updated to > >>> 1.5.0), but the /opt/local/bin/portslocation/ folder is not > >>> there. I thus made the folders myself and went ahead (note also > >>> that I previously tried to install it in /bin/, which also failed > >>> with same error, and I then removed and reinstalled Macports): > >>> > >>> $ cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/ppl > >> > >> I don't know what all this is. MacPorts does not use a directory > >> called "portslocation" and you do not need to be in any particular > >> directory in order to install a port. Did some documentation lead > >> you to the above? If so, please point it out so that we can > >> correct it. > >> > >> > >>> $ sudo port install ppl > >>> > >>> Macports successfully installed gmp and glpk but failed on > >>> configuring gmp-cxx-wrappers (see log below). > >>> > >>> So, am I just missing something as a newbie? Or is there some > >>> other problem here? > >>> > >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated! > >>> > >>> I am using a macbook pro 2.2GHz Core 2 with os x 10.4.10 > >> > >> I just tried "sudo port install gmp-cxx-wrappers" and also got the > >> error you reported. I'm on a rev 2 MacBook Pro with 2.16 GHz Core > >> 2 Duo and OS X 10.4.9. > >> > >> $ sudo port install gmp-cxx-wrappers > >> Password: > >> ---> Fetching gmp-cxx-wrappers > >> ---> Attempting to fetch gmp-4.2.1.tar.bz2 from http:// > >> ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp > >> ---> Verifying checksum(s) for gmp-cxx-wrappers > >> ---> Extracting gmp-cxx-wrappers > >> ---> Configuring gmp-cxx-wrappers > >> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: can't read > >> "configure.cflags": no such variable > >> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. > >> > >> Revision 24246 seems to have caused this. If I undo that revision, > >> the port builds (though I don't know if it works). > >> > >> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/24246 > >> > >> You should submit a bug in our Trac system. I do not know if this > >> is a bug in the portfile or a bug in base. > >> > >> > >> Another problem with this portfile is that it downloads > >> gmp-4.2.1.tar.bz2 again into /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gmp- > >> cxx-wrappers although it already exists in /opt/local/var/macports/ > >> distfiles/gmp. That should be corrected as well. It should use the > >> existing distfile in the gmp directory. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Daniel E. Bunker > > TraitNet Associate Director > > BioMERGE Associate Director > > Post-Doctoral Research Scientist > > Columbia University > > Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology > > 1200 Amsterdam Avenue > > New York, NY 10027-5557 > > > > deb37ATcolumbiaDOTedu > > 917-843-5076 phone > > 212-854-8188 fax > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > macports-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users > > > > Randall Wood > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://shyramblings.blogspot.com > > "The rules are simple: The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes. > All the > rest is just philosophy." > > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
