Dear all,
Does anyone know if there is a fix for the aspell error when used with
LaTeX? It seems that the problem has already been reported on this
list, but I've not seen the solution.
When the command aspell check myfile.tex is used, the following
error message is displayed, and nothing
I'm trying to install the current version of firefox-x11, but it fails as
shown below. It looks like a problem of some standard header not being
included. I'm running MacOS X 10.4.11.
--- Building firefox-x11 with target all
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command cd
Hello all --
I have what might seem to be a dumb question. I noticed today that the
MacPort named libiconv version 1.12 has a build dependency on another port
named gperf, specifically:
$ port deps libiconv
libiconv has build dependencies on:
gperf
What I find very interesting about this
On May 28, 2008, at 22:38, Tabitha McNerney wrote:
I have what might seem to be a dumb question. I noticed today that
the MacPort named libiconv version 1.12 has a build dependency on
another port named gperf, specifically:
$ port deps libiconv
libiconv has build dependencies on:
Ah, thanks, that makes sense -- in other words, if there is a build depends
that can already be satisfied by a build that the operating system (e.g.,
Mac OS X) provides, then it will go ahead and use that without complaining
if, at the same time, a MacPorts-supplied build is not available (e.g.,
Well, it doesn't depend on the user's PATH. MacPorts internally sets
the PATH to a very specific value which includes the OS directories
and the MacPorts prefix. And it searches those paths only.
Also, this is not specific to the depends_build section. Any
dependency (build, library or
Ok, I am learning ever more, thank you for yet even more clarification.
Therefore the user's shell PATH variable really doesn't matter.
Thank you yet again (I am realizing that this is really kind of obvious if
one takes a harder look at the MacPorts files themselves -- its a challenge
at times as
I know the feeling. We can't always be experts at everything! There's
too much to know. Anytime you have MacPorts questions, you know where
to ask! (Right here. You ask here.)
On May 29, 2008, at 00:01, Tabitha McNerney wrote:
Ok, I am learning ever more, thank you for yet even more
