> On Feb 20, 2018, at 06:34, Joshua Kordani <jkord...@lsa2.com> wrote:
> 
> Not the OP, but regarding DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, I don't understand how to make 
> use of dylib's provided by macports in my own programs without setting this 
> flag.  I've read in several places that, esp with macports, this should not 
> be necessary, but I don't know what the *right way* is.

It seems very few people do know how, esp with xcode. 

This is why homebrew uses /usr/local and why it's so heavily recommended , to 
answer a question Ryan had in another thread. It is a default search path, and 
requires no configuration or insights to use it. Which is also it's downside...

Ken

> 
> 
>> On 2/19/18 5:18 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>> On Feb 19, 2018, at 13:37, Qianqian Fang wrote:
>>> 
>>> I don't know what was changed recently, the built-in git command from Xcode 
>>> stopped working with the following error
>>> 
>>> fangq@jinwy:~/space/git/Project/autobuild/mcx$ git pull
>>> dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _iconv_open
>>>   Referenced from: 
>>> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/libexec/git-core/git
>>>   Expected in: /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
>>> 
>>> dyld: Symbol not found: _iconv_open
>>>   Referenced from: 
>>> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/libexec/git-core/git
>>>   Expected in: /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
>>> 
>>> error: fetch died of signal 6
>> Nothing of Apple's (such as 
>> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/libexec/git-core/git) should be 
>> referencing anything of MacPorts's (such as 
>> /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib). The only reason that might happen is if 
>> you set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. So don't set that.
>> 
>>> I can only fix this if I put /usr/lib in the front of DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, 
>>> but this breaks tons of other command.
>> You should not need to set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH at all. Why do you think you 
>> need to?
>> 
>> 
>>> So, I decided to install a git from macports, however, this attempt failed 
>>> with the following error:
>>> 
>>> fangq@jinwy:~/space/git/Project/autobuild/mcx$ sudo port install git
>>> Warning: xcodebuild exists but failed to execute
>>> Warning: Xcode does not appear to be installed; most ports will likely fail 
>>> to build.
>>> --->  Computing dependencies for git
>>> --->  Applying patches to git
>>> Error: Failed to patch git: command execution failed
>>> Error: See 
>>> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_git/git/main.log
>>>  for details.
>>> Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
>>> Error: Processing of port git failed
>>> look at the main.log file, I found the error message attached at the end.
>>> 
>>> My macport version is 2.4.2, OS is Sierra, already ran port selfupdate.
>>> I have an old version of xcode (7.3) in order to compile cuda code, but I 
>>> don't think it was the issue.
>> I agree that an old Xcode would not cause a patch failure, but note that 
>> macOS Sierra requires Xcode 8 or 9.
>> 
>> 
>>> can someone let me know how to fix this? alternative approaches, such as 
>>> portable git binaries are also welcome, thanks a lot!
>>> Qianqian
>>> 
>>> 
>>> :debug:main Executing org.macports.main (git)
>>> :debug:main dropping privileges: euid changed to 502, egid changed to 505.
>>> :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (git)
>>> :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
>>> :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (git)
>>> :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
>>> :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (git)
>>> :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
>>> :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (git)
>>> :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
>> The "Skipping" lines show us that this was not a clean attempt so no 
>> conclusions can be reached from it. "sudo port clean git" and try again.
>> 
>> 
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