[MacPorts] ProblemHotlist modified

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 24, 2010, at 06:00, MacPorts wrote:

> +== MacPorts Installation Order ==#macportsinstall
> +
> +'''Error message:'''[[BR]]
> +{{{
> +Error: Unable to execute port: upgrade gettext failed
> +}}}

This is a pretty generic error message which would occur anytime gettext cannot be upgraded for any reason. Perhaps you should be more specific about the problem you're encountering. For example, I have a feeling these tickets are the same issue with respect to the zlib port:

http://trac.macports.org/ticket/24599

http://trac.macports.org/ticket/24896#comment:2

(I still need to test whether that's true.)


With MacPorts 1.9+, MacPorts will check for Xcode and warn if it's not installed.

http://trac.macports.org/ticket/12794

However, that doesn't solve the problem that if you try to install a port, it fails because Xcode isn't there, you then install Xcode, and then continue trying to install the port, without cleaning it first, it may fail with fascinating error messages.


> +'''Workaround:'''[[BR]]
> +
> +You may of installed MacPorts before installing Xcode tools. In which case, uninstall MacPorts with the guide [http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html] and then re-install. 

You hardly need to uninstall and reinstall MacPorts to correct this problem. You just need to clean the port that's failing to build (e.g. "sudo port clean gettext").