Hi; I modified the portfile using 'sudo edit a2ps' simply replacing '/usr/bin/makeinfo' with '/opt/local/bin/makeinfo' and tried to install again.
I see one thing in the new log: /bin/sh: /usr/bin/makeinfo: No such file or directory I wonder why that is? I also see some failed attempts to test syntax/usage of makeinfo (?) showing some kind of incompatibility. I have attached the new log file (bzip2 compressed). Thanks, Ken On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 3:16 PM Bill Cole <macportsusers-20171...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote: > > On 2022-12-19 at 16:47:41 UTC-0500 (Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:47:41 -0800) > Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> > is rumored to have said: > > > Hi Bill; > > > > Here is some more information: > > > > ls -ld /opt/local/bin/makeinfo > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8 Dec 9 19:36 /opt/local/bin/makeinfo -> > > texi2any > > > > port list texinfo > > texinfo @7.0.1 textproc/texinfo > > > > ls -ld /opt/local/bin/texi2any > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 68708 Dec 9 19:36 /opt/local/bin/texi2any > > > > port contents texinfo | grep texi2any > > /opt/local/bin/texi2any > > /opt/local/share/info/texi2any_api.info > > /opt/local/share/info/texi2any_internals.info > > /opt/local/share/man/man1/texi2any.1.gz > > > > I've never created a MacPorts bug report before; guess it is time to > > learn how to do that :-) > > Looks like a simple fix. The Portfile for a2ps includes this definition: > > MAKEINFO=/usr/bin/makeinfo > > Which would explain why the build failed and why the config didn't > bother looking for a working makeinfo. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ken > > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:28 PM Bill Cole > > <macportsusers-20171...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote: > >> > >> On 2022-12-19 at 15:03:35 UTC-0500 (Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:03:35 -0800) > >> Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> > >> is rumored to have said: > >> > >>> Hi; > >>> > >>> a2ps fails to install (compressed log attached). > >>> > >>> one item I noticed (several instances: > >>> :info:destroot /bin/sh: /usr/bin/makeinfo: No such file or directory > >>> > >>> Does this mean that there is a missing dependency? > >> > >> It looks like it's saying that the version of 'makeinfo' that has > >> historically been included in macOS is not present. > >> > >> That seems like something Apple might have done in a recent version, > >> as > >> they have been removing GNU tools pretty aggressively. It was still > >> there in Catalina (which is as far as I've ventured...) > >> > >> If it really is gone, you can get a version by installing the > >> 'texinfo' > >> port, but it won't be at that path and it won't be whatever version > >> Apple last had in the base system. However, it might be noticed and > >> used > >> by the a2ps configure stage and if so, should work. I expect that the > >> proper solution will be to add texinfo as a dependency. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Bill Cole > >> b...@scconsult.com or billc...@apache.org > >> (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses) > >> Not Currently Available For Hire > > > -- > Bill Cole > b...@scconsult.com or billc...@apache.org > (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses) > Not Currently Available For Hire
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