Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:14:12PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: > If I do sudo port search ldap one of the items I get back is > p5-file-readbackwards @1.04 (perl) > net ldap > > What does line #2 mean, and where does that descrption come from? I just > made the readbackwards port, and no where

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:09:02PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: > If I have a requirement in software for Net::LDAP version 0.33, and I > tried to make a port look for net-ldap 0.39 as at this url > http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/perl-ldap-0.39/ > > I see the download is for perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz, w

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:57:52PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: [...] > > Got it, thanks, I think it was the bunk connection at the coffee shop. I > have a working port, what is the next step in the submission process? Create a new ticket at and attach your Po

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

If I do sudo port search ldap one of the items I get back is p5-file-readbackwards @1.04 (perl) net ldap What does line #2 mean, and where does that descrption come from? I just made the readbackwards port, and no where in the port was "net ldap". However... sudo port search readbackwa

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

If I have a requirement in software for Net::LDAP version 0.33, and I tried to make a port look for net-ldap 0.39 as at this url http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/perl-ldap-0.39/ I see the download is for perl-ldap-0.39.tar.gz, which is not Net- LDAP-0.39.tar.gz. Does this just mean I need to get

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Jan 19, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Eric Hall wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 09:33:46PM -0800, Scott Haneda wrote: Thanks still getting stuck though: DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ _Users_me_macports_perl_p5-file-readbackwards/work" && gzip -dc /opt/ local/var/macports/di

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 09:33:46PM -0800, Scott Haneda wrote: > Thanks still getting stuck though: [snip] > > DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ > _Users_me_macports_perl_p5-file-readbackwards/work" && gzip -dc /opt/ > local/var/macports/distfiles/perl5/File-ReadBack

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

Thanks still getting stuck though: On Jan 19, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote: When first developing a port it's simplest to be in the port's directory (/Users/me/macports/perl/p5-file-readbackward in this case); that way you can run the port commands without a port name, like $ su

Re: pf-net-dns

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:45:56PM -0800, Scott Haneda wrote: > On Jan 19, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote: > > >This is the quite-annoying #12710: > > > > > > > 16 months old. I am trying to push more and more people to use ports > so I can get t

Re: Steps to ensure compatibility between fink and macports

On Jan 19, 2009, at 18:16, Shreevatsa R wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: There are software packages out there, for which we have ports in MacPorts, that will, in an attempt to find the dependent libraries they need, always look in /opt/local and /sw to find them.

Re: Steps to ensure compatibility between fink and macports

Thanks all for the discussion. Ryan-- the point is not that MacPorts (or Fink, for that matter) installs in random places; each installs in their own directory hierarchy (/sw for fink, /opt/local for MacPorts). The problems arise if a package in one realm links to a library in the other--especia

Re: locate not working

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:54:36PM -0500, Doctor Who said: >> I installed 'locate' from MacPorts not realizing that it was part of >> my Leopard install. The locate command was working for me at one >> point, but now it returns no results.

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:54:53PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: > On Jan 19, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:11:44PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: >>> Hello, I need a little help. > >> You'll want to have this under /Users/me/macports/perl/p5-file- >> readbackward

Re: Liger: It's pretty much my favorite animal

On Jan 19, 2009, at 20:05, Timothy Lee wrote: New to this list. I've been working on porting Musicbrainz Picard to the mac (dependencies fulfilled by MacPorts) over the past few weeks. While working through some of the issues, a few questions popped up: 1. I'm building on Leopard (i386)

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:41:16PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: > On Jan 19, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote: > >>> >>> perl5.setup Pod-Escapes 1.04 >> >> This is where the magic happens for a perl module port. Basically >> you'll >> want to do: >> >> perl5.setup File::ReadBac

Re: locate not working

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:54:36PM -0500, Doctor Who said: > I installed 'locate' from MacPorts not realizing that it was part of > my Leopard install. The locate command was working for me at one > point, but now it returns no results. :-( > > tbook:~ who$ locate locate > tbook:~ who$ locate bas

Liger: It's pretty much my favorite animal

Hello all! New to this list. I've been working on porting Musicbrainz Picard to the mac (dependencies fulfilled by MacPorts) over the past few weeks. While working through some of the issues, a few questions popped up: 1. I'm building on Leopard (i386) but was hoping to target Tiger. What

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Jan 19, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:11:44PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: Hello, I need a little help. You'll want to have this under /Users/me/macports/perl/p5-file- readbackwards as this is in the perl category, and as mentioned above, will be named

locate not working

I installed 'locate' from MacPorts not realizing that it was part of my Leopard install. The locate command was working for me at one point, but now it returns no results. :-( tbook:~ who$ locate locate tbook:~ who$ locate bash tbook:~ who$ locate ls I have run 'sudo /etc/periodic/weekly/310.loc

Re: pf-net-dns

On Jan 19, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote: This is the quite-annoying #12710: 16 months old. I am trying to push more and more people to use ports so I can get them to use assp, as a simple way to get it up and running. is this an issue fo

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Jan 19, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote: perl5.setup Pod-Escapes 1.04 This is where the magic happens for a perl module port. Basically you'll want to do: perl5.setup File::ReadBackwards 1.04 (since 1.04 appears to be the current version). This then causes se

Re: pf-net-dns

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:19:43PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: > Stumped on this one, and rather than a line of terminal to fix it, can > someone run me through what is going on, why does sudo port install xyz > not work in most all cases for me? > > m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port install p5-n

Re: p5 modules, get me started on one

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:11:44PM -0800, Scott Haneda said: > Hello, I need a little help. > > File::ReadBackwards > If I start with this one, I can probably get the other 15 to work. > > If I look at another p5 module, as a way to learn: > > # $Id: Portfile 30247 2007-10-23 02:05:08Z redac...@mac

pf-net-dns

Stumped on this one, and rather than a line of terminal to fix it, can someone run me through what is going on, why does sudo port install xyz not work in most all cases for me? m...@macbook:~/Desktop/ $sudo port install p5-net-dns ---> Activating p5-mime-base64 @3.07_0 Error: Target org.mac

p5 modules, get me started on one

Hello, I need a little help. File::ReadBackwards If I start with this one, I can probably get the other 15 to work. If I look at another p5 module, as a way to learn: # $Id: Portfile 30247 2007-10-23 02:05:08Z redac...@macports.org $ PortSystem 1.0 PortGroup perl5 1.0 perl5.setup P

Re: Steps to ensure compatibility between fink and macports

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 07:16:55PM -0500, Shreevatsa R said: [...] > > I understand; that makes sense. It seems the same as the /usr/local > problem again, with packages not being prevented from looking in > places they shouldn't be looking, and potentially causing problems as > a result. I guess

Re: Gnucash upgrade ignores variants

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Lenore Horner wrote: > The gnucash upgrade is definitely ignoring variants. > > old version > gnucash @2.2.7_2+without_hbci+without_ofx+without_quotes (active) > > upgrade command > sudo port upgrade gnucash +without_hbci+without_ofx+without_quotes > Shouldn't the

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

On Jan 19, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Mark wrote: Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:35, Mark wrote: Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 00:24, Mark wrote: Could someone help me interpret this error? I tried installing Gnome-Control-Center, and early it bombed. I'm not sure we're

Re: Steps to ensure compatibility between fink and macports

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:01, Shreevatsa R wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> >>> On Jan 17, 2009, at 01:12, David T. wrote: >>> Has anyone got a clear set of steps and guidelines for me to follow to try

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:35, Mark wrote: Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 00:24, Mark wrote: Could someone help me interpret this error? I tried installing Gnome-Control-Center, and early it bombed. I'm not sure we're seeing the first error here. MacPorts only sho

Re: error upgrading freetype / xorg-libxcb et al on Panther

On Jan 19, 2009, at 16:01, Jeremy Huddleston wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 12:38, Chris Janton wrote: On 2009-01-19 , at 11:53 , Jeremy Huddleston wrote: You'll need to provide more output than that. What were the lines before the failure? Do you have gmake installed? ad...@x:admin:129 $

Re: freetype fails to build on Panther

On Jan 19, 2009, at 15:31, Bryan Blackburn wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 06:08:15AM -0700, Chris Janton said: MacPorts 1.7 - Panther ---> Fetching freetype ---> Attempting to fetch freetype-2.3.8.tar.bz2 from http:// download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/ ---> Attempting to fetch f

Re: Steps to ensure compatibility between fink and macports

On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:01, Shreevatsa R wrote: On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 17, 2009, at 01:12, David T. wrote: Has anyone got a clear set of steps and guidelines for me to follow to try using macports without messing up fink? Rename fink's /sw directory to s

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:35, Mark wrote: Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 00:24, Mark wrote: Could someone help me interpret this error? I tried installing Gnome-Control-Center, and early it bombed. I'm not sure we're seeing the first error here. MacPorts only shows you the last 40

Gnucash upgrade ignores variants

The gnucash upgrade is definitely ignoring variants. old version gnucash @2.2.7_2+without_hbci+without_ofx+without_quotes (active) upgrade command sudo port upgrade gnucash +without_hbci+without_ofx+without_quotes ... ---> Fetching libofx ---> Verifying checksum(s) for libofx ---> Extracting

Re: upgrading Gnucash

Lenore Horner wrote: > Gnucash ate a bunch of data _again_ (I've asked the Gnucash user group > about that, so far without much luck) so I thought perhaps I should > upgrade my current installation to the latest release. > > I had the following installed. > gnucash @2.2.7_2+without_hbci+without_of

upgrading Gnucash

Gnucash ate a bunch of data _again_ (I've asked the Gnucash user group about that, so far without much luck) so I thought perhaps I should upgrade my current installation to the latest release. I had the following installed. gnucash @2.2.7_2+without_hbci+without_ofx+without_quotes (active) I

Re: error upgrading freetype / xorg-libxcb et al on Panther

On Jan 19, 2009, at 12:38, Chris Janton wrote: On 2009-01-19 , at 11:53 , Jeremy Huddleston wrote: You'll need to provide more output than that. What were the lines before the failure? Do you have gmake installed? ad...@x:admin:129 $ sudo port upgrade outdated Yes, try doing 'sudo po

Re: Error after trying to upgrade installed

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Jan 18, 2009, at 20:50, Doctor Who wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >>> >> >>> Try: >>> >>> sudo port install gettext >> >> Thanks...that worked. > > Great! > >> Should I now try to update with 'sudo port u

Re: freetype fails to build on Panther

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 06:08:15AM -0700, Chris Janton said: > MacPorts 1.7 - Panther > > ---> Fetching freetype > ---> Attempting to fetch freetype-2.3.8.tar.bz2 from > http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/ > ---> Attempting to fetch freetype-2.3.8.tar.bz2 from > http://download

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

Joshua Root wrote: Mark wrote: Joshua Root wrote: Mark wrote: Back to nspr. I did what you said. Here's the entire nspr build phase output: [...] /usr/include/mach/host_info.h:70:26: error: /usr/include/mach/machine.h: Input/output error That l

Re: error upgrading freetype / xorg-libxcb et al on Panther

On 2009-01-19 , at 11:53 , Jeremy Huddleston wrote: ---> Configuring freetype Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync .macports.org_release_ports_print_freetype/work/freetype-2

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

Mark wrote: > Joshua Root wrote: >> Mark wrote: >> >>> Back to nspr. I did what you said. Here's the entire nspr build phase >>> output: >>> >> [...] >> >>> /usr/include/mach/host_info.h:70:26: error: /usr/include/mach/machine.h: >>> Input/output error >>> >> >> That looks fairly d

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

Joshua Root wrote: Mark wrote: Back to nspr. I did what you said. Here's the entire nspr build phase output: [...] /usr/include/mach/host_info.h:70:26: error: /usr/include/mach/machine.h: Input/output error That looks fairly dire. - Josh Is there anything I can do abou

Re: maxima installation failed

This looks like it could be related to the problem that I reported on the list on January 9, 2009. Ryan filed a ticket at that time: http:// trac.macports.org/ticket/17925. Hope this gets cleared up. Jerry On Jan 19, 2009, at 4:50 AM, Joerg van den Hoff wrote: dear all, my attempt to inst

Re: error upgrading freetype / xorg-libxcb et al on Panther

On Jan 19, 2009, at 06:22, Chris Janton wrote: checking for NEEDED... configure: error: Package requirements (pthread-stubs xau >= 0.99.2) were not met: No package 'pthread-stubs' found Ok, I added xorg-libpthread-stubs to libxcb's build time dependencies. ---> Configuring freetype Erro

Re: Walk through on perl modules

Scott Haneda wrote: > I have a rather large list of small p5 modules I am going to need. Can > someone walk me through the creation of one, and I can do the rest, and > send them in for addition? > > This should get me going. > Net::Syslog > > I have a new ports install, so step from there, to w

Re: many perl modules I need

Scott Haneda wrote: > Let's start here, new install of MacPorts, dev tools is in, X11 is in. > I ran sudo port install perl5 and went to the next one I needed: > > m...@memacbook:~/ $sudo port install -f p5-Email-MIME-Modifier > ---> Fetching p5-test-simple > ---> Verifying checksum(s) for p5-te

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

Mark wrote: > Back to nspr. I did what you said. Here's the entire nspr build phase > output: > [...] > /usr/include/mach/host_info.h:70:26: error: /usr/include/mach/machine.h: > Input/output error That looks fairly dire. - Josh ___ macports-users mai

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 00:24, Mark wrote: Could someone help me interpret this error? I tried installing Gnome-Control-Center, and early it bombed. I'm not sure we're seeing the first error here. MacPorts only shows you the last 40 (I think) lines of error. Try "sudo port c

Re: Steps to ensure compatibility between fink and macports

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Jan 17, 2009, at 01:12, David T. wrote: > >> I am new to this list. I have had a macbook for three years now after >> moving from 20+years in the PC world with a smattering of Linux. I am >> running 10.5.6, and I have used fink for my limit

error upgrading freetype / xorg-libxcb et al on Panther

ad...@x:admin:139 $ sudo port upgrade xorg-libxcb ---> Fetching xorg-libxcb ---> Verifying checksum(s) for xorg-libxcb ---> Extracting xorg-libxcb ---> Applying patches to xorg-libxcb ---> Configuring xorg-libxcb Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell comman

Re: Error after trying to upgrade installed

So much traffic on this thread, so much time spent answering questions. But I do not recall any of the answerers trying port provides /opt/local/lib/libintl.dylib That would have pointerd out that the initial problem of gettext wanting to reinstall itself (perhaps for no good reason) had remove

freetype fails to build on Panther

MacPorts 1.7 - Panther ---> Fetching freetype ---> Attempting to fetch freetype-2.3.8.tar.bz2 from http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/ ---> Attempting to fetch freetype-2.3.8.tar.bz2 from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype ---> Attempting to fetch freetype-doc-2.3.8.t

Re: error apache2 from macports 1.70 (RESOLVED)

OK I deinstalled and re-installed. Although I had done this before this time was much different and worked great I have two machines really interlaced so I guess I screwed up along the way thanks for the help... Jason On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:53 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jan 18, 2009,

Re: ASSP out of date

On Jan 18, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: This is what I do. http://guide.macports.org/#development.local-repositories Are there any more specific notes on perl mods, and the perl.sources file? Mainly, how it works, and what you use as filenames? I am looking at port edit p

Walk through on perl modules

I have a rather large list of small p5 modules I am going to need. Can someone walk me through the creation of one, and I can do the rest, and send them in for addition? This should get me going. Net::Syslog I have a new ports install, so step from there, to where to put the local port fi

maxima installation failed

dear all, my attempt to install `maxima' failed with =CUT= sudo port install maxima ---> Building recode ---> Staging recode into destroot ---> Packaging tgz archive for recode 3.6_3 ---> Installing recode @3.6_3 ---> Activating recode @3

many perl modules I need

Let's start here, new install of MacPorts, dev tools is in, X11 is in. I ran sudo port install perl5 and went to the next one I needed: m...@memacbook:~/ $sudo port install -f p5-Email-MIME-Modifier ---> Fetching p5-test-simple ---> Verifying checksum(s) for p5-test-simple ---> Extracting p5-t

Re: Error building nspr during Gnome-Control Center install

On Jan 19, 2009, at 00:24, Mark wrote: Could someone help me interpret this error? I tried installing Gnome-Control-Center, and early it bombed on this: ---> Building nspr Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/ opt/local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macpor