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On 2018-04-29 22:02, Ryan Schmidt wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:534BDEF2-5F02-4202-B667-C7DAB930654D@macports.org">
<pre wrap="">Nothing hmm. The port doesn't declare a dependency on pkgconfig, therefore trace mode hides the pkg-config executable from the build system. The build system needs pkg-config however, so it errors. Add a dependency on pkgconfig, and anything else it needs. This is one of the primary purposes of trace mode: to help you identify dependencies you've forgotten to add.</pre>
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I did what you said and added pkgconfig as a build dependency.<br>
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Now I got the following:<br>
<p><a
href="https://travis-ci.org/macports/macports-ports/builds/372857278"
rel="nofollow">Travis Build #2100</a> Errored.</p>
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<summary>Lint results</summary>
<pre><code>---> Verifying Portfile for fontforge
---> 0 errors and 0 warnings found.
</code></pre>
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<p>Port fontforge <strong>success</strong> on xcode9.3. <a
href="https://paste.macports.org/6b41c022a568" rel="nofollow">Log</a></p>
Before the change it looked like this:<br>
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<p><a
href="https://travis-ci.org/macports/macports-ports/builds/372844148"
rel="nofollow">Travis Build #2099</a> Passed.</p>
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<summary>Lint results</summary>
<pre><code>---> Verifying Portfile for fontforge
---> 0 errors and 0 warnings found.
</code></pre>
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<p>Port fontforge <strong>success</strong> on xcode9.3. <a
href="https://paste.macports.org/54eba95d939a" rel="nofollow">Log</a><br>
Port fontforge <strong>success</strong> on xcode8.3. <a
href="https://paste.macports.org/d06db94fded1" rel="nofollow">Log</a><br>
Port fontforge <strong>success</strong> on xcode7.3. <a
href="https://paste.macports.org/a072705c2d71" rel="nofollow">Log</a></p>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/1674#issuecomment-385301425">https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/1674#issuecomment-385301425</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
K. C.<br>
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