erlong failed to build during upgrade

2009-10-15 Thread Frank J. R. Hanstick
Hello, The following build error occurred when upgrading: --- Computing dependencies for erlang --- Fetching erlang --- Attempting to fetch otp_src_R13B02.tar.gz from http://distfiles.macports.org/erlang --- Attempting to fetch otp_doc_man_R13B02.tar.gz from

Re: kdelibs4.3.2

2009-10-15 Thread Dominik Reichardt
I was excite to see this released today, but I couldn't get it to compile. Does this error have to do with architecture mismatch again? If yes, what would be a quick remedy? As always, thanks in advance. Payam [mac0023329b341a:~] payam% sudo port install amarok +universal I presume you

Error installing gcc41 on 10.6

2009-10-15 Thread Bobby Williams
Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks! // // // [head ~/projects/head/LogicBlox]$ sudo port install gcc41 --- Computing dependencies for gcc41 --- Fetching gcc41 --- Verifying checksum(s) for gcc41 --- Extracting gcc41 --- Applying patches to gcc41 --- Configuring gcc41 --- Building

Error installing gcc41 on 10.6?

2009-10-15 Thread Bobby Williams
(Tried to send a more complete message but was rejected --- twice.) Has anyone else encountered problems attempting to install gcc41 on Snow Leopard? In part I'm getting the following message from port: Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command cd

Snow Leopard and gcc41

2009-10-15 Thread Bobby Williams
Tried to send a more complete message but was rejected --- thrise.) Has anyone else encountered problems attempting to install gcc41 on Snow Leopard? I've tried to include the actual error messages from port but the list server keeps rejected my messages. Thanks!

Re: Why should I use macports?

2009-10-15 Thread Mark Blackman
On 15/10/2009 16:08, Wendy Bossons wrote: I recently transitioned to a new software project, and I am using Mac now as a development platform instead of Windows. I keep seeing Macports come up as a way to install software, but I don't understand what it is and why I might need it. Can someone

Re: readline

2009-10-15 Thread Thomas De Contes
Le 11 oct. 09 à 22:23, Ryan Schmidt a écrit : On Oct 11, 2009, at 09:43, Thomas De Contes wrote: no, it made an error, and i just run it again Ah, ok. Still, the error you reported was caused by running it a second time without cleaning. true (but it's unusual) port clean

Re: Why should I use macports?

2009-10-15 Thread Mikel King
On Oct 15, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Wendy Bossons wrote: I recently transitioned to a new software project, and I am using Mac now as a development platform instead of Windows. I keep seeing Macports come up as a way to install software, but I don't understand what it is and why I might need

Re: Why should I use macports?

2009-10-15 Thread vincent habchi
Le 15 oct. 2009 à 17:28, Mikel King a écrit : Because there are thousands of readily available applications only a 'port install' away. Say you want to install lighttpd + PHP + MySql to host I could add that the advantage of compiling instead of just downloading and adding binaries is

Re: Why should I use macports?

2009-10-15 Thread Ben Greenfield
There is a lot of unix software out-there that is distributed in source form. If everyone who wanted to use the software had to have knowledge of all the intricacies involved in getting basic software,compiled, installed, and running we would lose a lot of efficiencies as users. Each

Re: Why should I use macports?

2009-10-15 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 15, 2009, at 10:08, Wendy Bossons wrote: I recently transitioned to a new software project, and I am using Mac now as a development platform instead of Windows. I keep seeing Macports come up as a way to install software, but I don't understand what it is and why I might need it.

Re: readline

2009-10-15 Thread Ryan Schmidt
--- Applying patches to readline Error: Target org.macports.patch returned: could not set group for file /Users/thomas/Documents/prgm/bin/autoinstall/macports/var/ macports/build/

Re: Error installing gcc41 on 10.6

2009-10-15 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 15, 2009, at 09:20, Bobby Williams wrote: Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks! Everybody who has tried this on Snow Leopard will have encountered this, yes. gcc43 is the earliest that builds on Snow Leopard at this time. There are tickets about these problems in the issue

Re: Path problems

2009-10-15 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 14, 2009, at 14:37, Fabrizio Bartolomucci wrote: 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_devel_dbus /work/dbus-1.2.14 ./configure

Re: Why should I use macports?

2009-10-15 Thread Ben Greenfield
On Oct 15, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Oct 15, 2009, at 10:08, Wendy Bossons wrote: I recently transitioned to a new software project, and I am using Mac now as a development platform instead of Windows. I keep seeing Macports come up as a way to install software, but I

Re: erlong failed to build during upgrade

2009-10-15 Thread Frank J. R. Hanstick
Hello, Ticket #22092. On Oct 15, 2009, at 12:46 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: You may want to file a ticket in the issue tracker for this problem so it can be properly tracked. On Oct 15, 2009, at 02:05, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote: Hello, The following build error occurred when

Re: Can I install an older version of MacPorts to easily compile i386 only on Snow Leopard?

2009-10-15 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 15, 2009, at 20:02, Claudio Caballero wrote: Sorry if this is a dumb question, but after upgrading my Mac Mini with a fresh install of Snow Leopard, I can’t figure out how to compile wine and some other ports. I’ve tried everything I could find by searching the web and lists to

Re: Can I install an older version of MacPorts to easily compile i386 only on Snow Leopard?

2009-10-15 Thread Claudio Caballero
Thanks for your reply Ryan. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Ryan Schmidt ryandes...@macports.orgwrote: On Oct 15, 2009, at 20:02, Claudio Caballero wrote: Sorry if this is a dumb question, but after upgrading my Mac Mini with a fresh install of Snow Leopard, I can’t figure out how to

Re: Why should I use macports?

2009-10-15 Thread Randolph Fritz
On 2009-10-15, Wendy Bossons wboss...@mit.edu wrote: Can someone explain the purpose of Macports and why I might need it? Broadly, because it's an easy-to-use library of useful free software. It provides, especially, dependency tracking, which means that when you install a package you want,