On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Lawrence Velázquez <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 14, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Marion Dumas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I wanted to de-install and re-install Emacs on my mac (10.5.8). I >> de-installed Emacs.app by simply deleting the contents. I then downloaded >> the emacsformac dmg installer but it just doesn't work: the application >> crashes at launch. I tried installing through macports and it fails to build. >> >> Error: org.macports.build for port emacs-mac-app returned: command execution >> failed Please see the log file for port emacs-mac-app for details: >> >> Error: Processing of port emacs-mac-app failed > > You should file a ticket for this. Attach the main.log. > > http://guide.macports.org/chunked/project.html#project.tickets
Yes, please do, Marion. That would help us keep track of issues with repository history. >> After that, I tried looking for other emacs related files on my computer in >> case they were conflicting with the new ones (so removing /usr/bin/emacs and >> /usr/share/emacs), but that didn't help. >> >> Thanks for any tips! I am befuddled > > You can start by ceasing your haphazard rampage through your system. You just > deleted the system emacs. Hope you didn't use "rm". Yes, totally agree with Lawrence here! _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
