Re: Bug with multiple port: dependencies in depends_lib ?

2008-07-12 Thread Rainer Müller
Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On second thought, I don't see why we want to install MacPorts using > MacPorts. Doesn't that make it impossible to install MacPorts if you > do not already have MacPorts? No, I think MacPorts would need to do some bootstrapping on install. But it would make commands lik

Re: Help resolving dependencies (perl script)

2008-07-12 Thread Rainer Müller
walts wrote: > I'm trying to get a perl script that I downloaded from a source outside of > MacPorts, and I need help resolving dependencies. For example, the script > has > > use Compress::Zlib; $ port install p5-compress-zlib Ports for perl modules follow a simple naming scheme, just replace

Re: reinstall issue [was: selfupdate error]

2008-07-12 Thread Rainer Müller
Marco Battistella wrote: > ok. > i installed MacPort 1.6.0 in top of the old installation but while > the old ports are still installed (good) the new macports > installation doesn't recognize them as it's own. > Is there a way to "tric" the new installation into recognizing the > ports curre

Help resolving dependencies (perl script)

2008-07-12 Thread walts
I'm trying to get a perl script that I downloaded from a source outside of MacPorts, and I need help resolving dependencies. For example, the script has use Compress::Zlib; Using spotlight I found zlib buried deeply within MacPorts, but only the folder zlib (lower case "z") containing a Portfil