Re: sqlite3 update problem

2008-01-14 Thread Steven Rogers
On Jan 14, 2008, at 12:15 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: To be more clear: Garret: No, you do not need to uninstall the ports that depend on sqlite3. You can, but you most likely don't have to. Just forcibly uninstall all versions of sqlite3. Then install sqlite3. . . . I was having similar tro

Problems with python idle2.4

2008-01-14 Thread erchache2000
Hi, i was trying to install python idle2.4 on my macbook pro. I'm using leopard and lastest stable version of macports. I install python idle2.4 and show this error: sh-3.2# idle2.4 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/local/bin/idle2.4", line 5, in ? main() File "/opt/local/Libr

Re: freetype-devel

2008-01-14 Thread Michael Franz
> > Without knowing what software it is that you're trying to build, I > can only make basic suggestions about how to compile something > against the MacPorts libraries. See this message from earlier today: > > http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2008-January/ > 008313.html > > Esp

Re: freetype-devel

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 20:34, Michael Franz wrote: On Jan 14, 2008 9:09 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 14, 2008, at 19:38, Michael Franz wrote: > I have a program that needs to link against freetype-devel. I have > installed freetype using macports - does this install the devel > library? If n

Re: freetype-devel

2008-01-14 Thread Michael Franz
Ryan, On Jan 14, 2008 9:09 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008, at 19:38, Michael Franz wrote: > > > I have a program that needs to link against freetype-devel. I have > > installed freetype using macports - does this install the devel > > library? If not how do I insta

Re: freetype-devel

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 19:38, Michael Franz wrote: I have a program that needs to link against freetype-devel. I have installed freetype using macports - does this install the devel library? If not how do I install the devel portion? In MacPorts there is no separation between the binaries an

freetype-devel

2008-01-14 Thread Michael Franz
Hi, I have a program that needs to link against freetype-devel. I have installed freetype using macports - does this install the devel library? If not how do I install the devel portion? Michael ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.maco

Re: newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

2008-01-14 Thread Matt
Hi Ryan, Thanks for doing that! I'll download it when it updates, then let you know how it works. I am curious to see what you did to get it to work. I'll be sure to check that out. Thanks, -Matt On Jan 14, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: I just added the ppmtomd portfile. Wait

Re: lbpcap - yet again - Q

2008-01-14 Thread Eric Hall
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 03:00:42PM -0600, Stefmit wrote: > > I have already replied to a few people who have been involved in the process, > via direct email, that the workaround did not fix the problem. I am not sure > if any one of them is the maintainer, or not. I will take another look at th

Re: newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
I just added the ppmtomd portfile. Wait 12 hours, then "sudo port selfupdate", then "sudo port install ppmtomd". If you're interested to see what I had to do to get it to work, you can "port cat ppmtomd" and "cat `port dir ppmtomd`/files/patch- Makefile.diff". On Jan 14, 2008, at 18:12, R

Re: newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
I see now that ppmtomd is more difficult to compile than most software. As such, as soon as someone figures out how to do it, a portfile should be created so nobody else has to figure it out again. I'm working on a portfile. I'll see how far I can get. On Jan 14, 2008, at 17:35, Matt wrote:

Re: newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

2008-01-14 Thread Matthew Woods
I actually tried downloading the ppd first but it didn't work. I assume because it was compiled under linux and is slightly different. There is also an OSX faq on the site that specifically mentions this driver saying: ALPS Microdry Which driver do I use? Use the free software printer driver p

Re: newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

2008-01-14 Thread Matt
Hi Ryan, Thanks for the help. I did find the following in the makefile for ppmtomd: # if your ppm libraries are not in a standard place, uncomment # and change this. You may also need thing like -R, but if you're # on that sort of system you probably know it! # LDLIBS = -L/usr/local/lib I unco

Re: newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 14:54, Matt wrote: I am trying to compile an intel mac compatible version of an open source printer driver so I can use my old but beloved Alps printer on my new intel imac. The source for the driver is here: http://openprinting.org/show_driver.cgi? driver=ppmtomd&from

Re: newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

2008-01-14 Thread Jochen Küpper
Hi Matt, On 14.01.2008, at 21:54, Matt wrote: I am trying to compile an intel mac compatible version of an open source printer driver so I can use my old but beloved Alps printer on my new intel imac. The source for the driver is here: http://openprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=ppmtom

Re: lbpcap - yet again - Q

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 08:23, Stefmit wrote: I keep getting errors on this (libpcap) port, using macports. Would anybody be kind enough to tell me if this package is being maintained? I apologize if I am breaking any rules of Qs, but this is my first version (10.5.x) macosx ever trying to use

Re: lbpcap - yet again - Q

2008-01-14 Thread Stefmit
I have already replied to a few people who have been involved in the process, via direct email, that the workaround did not fix the problem. I am not sure if any one of them is the maintainer, or not. I will take another look at the ticket, to see if it's been updated. Thanks, Stefan On Monda

newbie help wanted with installing/using netpbm through macports

2008-01-14 Thread Matt
I did a little c++ coding in college but that was 10 years ago, so I apologize if I am missing something obvious. I am trying to compile an intel mac compatible version of an open source printer driver so I can use my old but beloved Alps printer on my new intel imac. The source for the drive

Re: follow-up to early Q about package maintainers

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 09:26, Stefmit wrote: I apologize for coming back to this, but I have - I hope this time - a more constructive question: where do I find a quick tutorial on how to use and possibly help the macports process of package maintenance and updating? I am not a programmer, so

Re: OS X and shared Libraries

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 08:11, Matrix Mole wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Thanks for the reply. Maybe I misunderstand but I though, on Linux, the | run-time linker had a set of search paths to look for shared libraries? I might be wrong then. I always thought that there was some kind of

Re: Error messages with Freetype and XFree86

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 07:35, Stefan Schwarzer wrote: I got the following error when trying to install FREETYPE, and in a later effort XFree86. Can anyone tell me what it means and if there is a solution to this? Thanks a lot, Stef gridmac7:Documents schwarzer$ sudo /opt/local/bin/port ins

Re: All HTTP Fetches fail, only FTP working

2008-01-14 Thread Melissa Reid
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tico Ballagas) sent forth on 1/14/08: >Hello- > >I'm having a strange problem where all of the fetch attempts using >HTTP fail, but all FTP work fine (see output below). Any ideas what >might be going wrong? When that happened to me, it turned out that something had set th

follow-up to early Q about package maintainers

2008-01-14 Thread Stefmit
I apologize for coming back to this, but I have - I hope this time - a more constructive question: where do I find a quick tutorial on how to use and possibly help the macports process of package maintenance and updating? I am not a programmer, so I won;t be able to produce source from scratch,

lbpcap - yet again - Q

2008-01-14 Thread Stefmit
I keep getting errors on this (libpcap) port, using macports. Would anybody be kind enough to tell me if this package is being maintained? I apologize if I am breaking any rules of Qs, but this is my first version (10.5.x) macosx ever trying to use macports (have used only fink up to and includi

Re: OS X and shared Libraries

2008-01-14 Thread Matrix Mole
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Thanks for the reply. Maybe I misunderstand but I though, on Linux, the | run-time linker had a set of search paths to look for shared libraries? I might be wrong then. I always thought that there was some kind of lib dire

Re: OS X and shared Libraries

2008-01-14 Thread elabsjng
Hi, Thanks for the reply. Maybe I misunderstand but I though, on Linux, the run-time linker had a set of search paths to look for shared libraries? Best Regards, Simon. On 14 Jan 2008, at 13:37, Matrix Mole wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |

Re: OS X and shared Libraries

2008-01-14 Thread Matrix Mole
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi, | | When macports compiles and links an application are the shared library | paths hard coded into the binary? I s this the typical behaviour on OS X? ~From my understanding, this is typical behavior on just about any p

Error messages with Freetype and XFree86

2008-01-14 Thread Stefan Schwarzer
Hi, I got the following error when trying to install FREETYPE, and in a later effort XFree86. Can anyone tell me what it means and if there is a solution to this? Thanks a lot, Stef gridmac7:Documents schwarzer$ sudo /opt/local/bin/port install freetype Password: ---> Fetching freetype

Re: Using Leopard's ruby with Macports' ruby libraries

2008-01-14 Thread William Davis
On Jan 13, 2008, at 9:38 PM, Douglas Tan wrote: When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of macports-users digest..." Douglas, would you pleease do some editing before you send a reply to a digest message. It really isnt needed or helpful t

OS X and shared Libraries

2008-01-14 Thread elabsjng
Hi, When macports compiles and links an application are the shared library paths hard coded into the binary? I s this the typical behaviour on OS X? Best Regards, Simon. ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://li

Re: Underscores in some directory user, group names (Postfix MacPort example)

2008-01-14 Thread Tabitha McNerney
On 1/13/08, Jordan K. Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sorry, Tabitha, but I've read this message twice and I still have no > idea just what question it is you're actually asking here. :-) > - Jordan > Jordan, I'll try to rephrase my question to hopefully clarify: Why doesn't Apple incl

Re: View of non maintained packages

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 03:23, Rolf Würdemann wrote: I think what we need are committers who are interested in each category of software. I occasionally look through the unassigned tickets and either try to handle them (new ports, or patches for unmaintained ports) or assign them to their port

Re: View of non maintained packages

2008-01-14 Thread Rolf Würdemann
Am 14.01.2008 um 08:57 schrieb Ryan Schmidt: On Jan 13, 2008, at 17:37, Rolf Würdemann wrote: Am 14.01.2008 um 00:21 schrieb Rainer Müller: Rolf Würdemann wrote: [Need of more committers] [Port Categories] Maybe an commit-group would be an idea ;) (something like the support-group

Re: Underscores in some directory user, group names (Postfix MacPort example)

2008-01-14 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
I'm sorry, Tabitha, but I've read this message twice and I still have no idea just what question it is you're actually asking here. :-) - Jordan On Jan 13, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Tabitha McNerney wrote: Hello Jordan, et al: Today I was reading my documentation for running a separate OpenLDAP d

Re: View of non maintained packages

2008-01-14 Thread Jochen Küpper
On 14.01.2008, at 08:57, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 13, 2008, at 17:37, Rolf Würdemann wrote: Am 14.01.2008 um 00:21 schrieb Rainer Müller: Rolf Würdemann wrote: But it seems that we need more committers before asking on the website - if we get mainatiners for a quarter of the ports there

Re: All HTTP Fetches fail, only FTP working

2008-01-14 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 14, 2008, at 02:05, Tico Ballagas wrote: I'm having a strange problem where all of the fetch attempts using HTTP fail, but all FTP work fine (see output below). Any ideas what might be going wrong? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling MacPorts, but the problem persists. Curre

Re: sqlite3 update problem

2008-01-14 Thread Garrett Reid
I got things figured out from Jay's reply, thank you for the additional clarification though! (all that was needed was uninstalling the active one, installing new one, and cleaning.) Thanks! Garrett On Jan 13, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 13, 2008, at 20:33, Jay Sachs wro

Re: [OS X Emacs] spell checking - once more

2008-01-14 Thread Jochen Küpper
On 14.01.2008, at 08:58, Alex Hamann wrote: The reason is simply that I ran into a posting on another mailing- list that made me notice that MacPorts creates a ~/.profile upon install, to add /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin *before* the OS X defaults /usr/bin and /usr/sbin in $PATH. Wh

All HTTP Fetches fail, only FTP working

2008-01-14 Thread Tico Ballagas
Hello- I'm having a strange problem where all of the fetch attempts using HTTP fail, but all FTP work fine (see output below). Any ideas what might be going wrong? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling MacPorts, but the problem persists. Currently, as a workaround, I have to manually