bizarre, then i can't account for it. Again, thanks On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Bryan Blackburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 03:55:22PM -0400, Carter Schonwald said: > > thanks, > > might it be from a while ago having initially used fink / building stuff > on > > my own / also having installed texlive 08 separately? > > fink should install into /sw so unless you changed it, that won't be it; if > you don't give --prefix to configure scripts, when you build by hand it > should go into /usr/local. I'm not sure about texlive 08 and where it goes > by default. The only other thing I'm aware of that likes /opt/local would > be the package installers for KDE. > > Bryan > > > > -Carter > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Bryan Blackburn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 12:06:21PM -0400, Carter Schonwald said: > > > > hello all, > > > > > > > > I occasionally encounter errors of the following sort: > > > > > > > > sudo port install erlang > > > > ---> Activating fontconfig @2.6.0_2+macosx > > > > Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: > > > > /opt/local/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf already exists and > does > > > not > > > > belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port fontconfig. > > > > Error: The following dependencies failed to build: tk Xft2 fontconfig > > > > xorg-libXScrnSaver xorg-scrnsaverproto > > > > Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. > > > > > > Encountering a "already exists and does not belong to a registered > port" > > > should happen only extremely rarely, so if you are seeing it frequently > you > > > need to track down what else may be depositing files into /opt/local > that > > > isn't MacPorts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when / how can I safely force macports to install over the dependency > or > > > how > > > > can i determine if its safe to do so? > > > > > > You can force it with -f, read up at: > > > > > > <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#whentoforce> > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > -Carter > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users >
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