Hello Alexander! Apparently the output of config.log is not particularly helpful:
config.log
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so I put a "set -x" into configure (see output below)It seems to me as if the following code was just broken; the for loop doesn't tokenize the ':'-seperated $PATH.
from build_unix/configure: ac_dummy="$PATH" for ac_dir in $ac_dummy; do IFS=$ac_save_IFS test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=. $as_executable_p "$ac_dir/$ac_word" || continue ac_cv_prog_db_cv_path_ar="${ac_tool_prefix}ar" echo "$as_me:1605: found $ac_dir/$ac_word" >&5 break done output: checking if --with-embedix=DIR option specified... no checking if --with-rpm=DIR option specified... no checking if --with-tcl=DIR option specified... no checking if --with-uniquename=NAME option specified... no + test -n '' + test -z '' + ac_ct_db_cv_path_ar='' + set dummy ar + ac_word=ar + echo 'configure:1625: checking for ar' + 1>& 5 + echo -n 'checking for ar... ' + 1>& 6 checking for ar... + test '' = set + test -n '' + ac_save_IFS=$' \t\n' + IFS=';'+ ac_dummy=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/ usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
+ IFS=$' \t\n'+ test -z /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/ bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin + test -f /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/ bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/ar
+ continue + test -z '' + ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_db_cv_path_ar=missing_ar + ac_ct_db_cv_path_ar=missing_ar + test -n missing_ar + echo 'configure:1649: result: missing_ar' + 1>& 5 + echo missing_ar + 1>& 6 missing_ar + db_cv_path_ar=missing_ar + test missing_ar = missing_ar + echo 'configure:1662: error: No ar utility found.' + 1>& 5 + echo 'configure: error: No ar utility found.' + 1>& 2 configure: error: No ar utility found. + exit 1 + exit 1 + exit_status=1 + echo + 1>& 5 + echo '## ----------------- ##' + 1>& 5 + echo '## Cache variables. ##' + 1>& 5 + echo '## ----------------- ##' + 1>& 5 + echo + 1>& 5 + 1>& 5 + 2>& 1 + 2>& 1+ sed -n 's/^\ ([_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789]*_cv_ [_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789]*\)=\ (.*\)/\1=\2/p'
+ sed '/^$/d' confdefs.h + 1> conftest.log + test -s conftest.log + 1>& 5 + echo + echo + test 0 != 0 + echo 'configure: exit 1' + 1>& 5 + rm -rf conftest.log confdefs.h core 'core.*' '*.core' 'conf99377*' + exit 1 Am 10.10.2009 um 03:16 schrieb Alexander Hansen:
Adrian Prantl wrote:Check the config.log file and see what it's actually running to look forHi, on 10.6, fink 32-Bit, I am getting this rather confusing error when updating db3: cheers, Adrian -------------------------------------------------------------- ... checking if --with-rpm=DIR option specified... no checking if --with-tcl=DIR option specified... no checking if --with-uniquename=NAME option specified... no checking for ar... missing_ar configure: error: No ar utility found. ### execution of (cd failed, exit code 1 Removing runtime build-lock... Removing build-lock package... /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-db3-3.3.11-1031 (Lese Datenbank ... 178737 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) Entferne fink-buildlock-db3-3.3.11-1031 ... Failed: phase compiling: db3-3.3.11-1031 failed Before reporting any errors, please run "fink selfupdate" andtry again. If you continue to have issues, please check to see if the FAQ on fink's website solves the problem. If not, ask on the fink- users or fink-beginners mailing lists, with a carbon copy to the maintainer:None <fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>Note that this is preferable to emailing the maintainer directly, sincemost fink package maintainers do not have access to all possible hardware and software configurations. $ which ar /usr/bin/ar $ar .
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