On Sunday 10 February 2008 07:35:08 pm Syd Bauman wrote: > Re: error trying to build pdcurses-2.6 on Leopard (because I'm trying > to install 'the' on Leopard) > > Martin Costabel very helpfully wrote: > > The problem is that whereas on Tiger there is a static libXaw.a, > > on Leopard only the dynamic libXaw.dylib exists, and configure > > does not look for this. > > Line 2270 in configure > > for mh_ext in a so sl; do > > needs to be patched to check also for dylib. > > OK, it's been a month since I originally ran into this problem, which > seemed like long enough that it was likely fixed, so I tried again. I > ran (via FinkCommander 0.5.4) seflupdate, then update-all, then tried > to install 'the' again. The exact same error occured. > > Is it insufficient that this error is known to the 'the' maintainer > and this list? Do I need to send it to the 'pdcurses' maintainer as > well? >
They're one and the same. In general, contact the maintainer of whatever package isn't building, rather than the package that you're ultimately trying to build. We generally like to give maintainers time to fix their packages, but if a couple weeks pass with no action, we'll act. > It sounds like it might be something I could fix myself if I knew > where to find the config file. But as far as I can tell, when > installing as I am, it is downloaded for the install, and erased > after the error occurs, so I have no access to it. In order to get > access to the config file I'm guessing I would have to do the Fink > equivalent of > apt-get -d the > [tweak the config file] > apt-get -b the > is that right? > > Thanks. > > Fink's methodology is different--there's not a real mapping to how Debian does it. Patching the source is either done by applying a diff after extraction or via a script. I've committed a change to implement Martin's suggestion--it worked for me. Do a selfupdate after about an hour or so (to let the rsync mirrors pick it up) and then give it a try. -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
