Re: problems upgrading libexif

2007-03-11 Thread Takanori Yamamoto
Hi, port -dvufn upgrade libexif fails when trying to build one of libexif's dependencies, graphvz, with the following error: I don't know why graphviz fails to build, but I committed a new patch to avoid this issue. (r22688) port:doxygen has been removed from the dependency list now, so I

adding debug variants?

2007-03-11 Thread Paul Beard
is there any reason not to add a debug variant to ports, in the event the upstream developers need the entrails for their efforts? I have been communicating with some folks on the gnome team on the issues with the gnome python bindings and editing the Portfile seems like something it would

Re: adding debug variants?

2007-03-11 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-03-11 10:14:39 -0700, Paul Beard wrote: All I had to do was add -O0 -Wall -g to the CFLAGS but for many users that might not be something they're comfortable with. Add to that the additional complication of the instructions reading -O0 -g- Wall (the difference a space can make) and

Re: adding debug variants?

2007-03-11 Thread Paul Beard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 11, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: IMHO, instead of a variant, MacPorts should allow users to specify default compiler options (e.g., CFLAGS) since there are too many possibilities. For instance, though -O0 is better for real