Some minor issues on Linux (was: Gsoc 18 Project | Collect build statistics)

[Mojca Miklavec]

On 25 April 2018 at 17:54, Joshua Root wrote:
> On 2018-4-26 01:39 , Vishnu wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I think its best if you can create a repository under Macports.
>> I'll be coding there.
>>
>> Also while trying to install mpstats .
>> I am getting these error
>>
>> Warning: configured user/group macports does not exist, will build as root
>
> Our build system only knows how to create users on macOS. You'll have to
> create the macports user manually.

Should we at least place a more helpful message somewhere?
Perhaps at the end of "make install", but something short next to this
warning could be useful as well.

>> --->  Cleaning mpstats
>> --->  Updating database of binaries
>> Warning: Error determining file type of `/opt/local/bin/captoinfo':
>> invalid command name "fileIsBinary"
>> Warning: A file belonging to the `ncurses' port is missing or
>> unreadable. Consider reinstalling it.
>> Warning: Error determining file type of `/opt/local/bin/clear': invalid
>> command name "fileIsBinary"
>> Warning: A file belonging to the `ncurses' port is missing or
>> unreadable. Consider reinstalling it.
>> Warning: Error determining file type of `/opt/local/bin/infocmp':
>> invalid command name "fileIsBinary"
>>
>> Didnt find a solution on the net either.
>
> That's rev-upgrade failing. It also only works on macOS. It's not
> essential though, so you can set 'revupgrade_autorun no' in your
> macports.conf.

Should we disable rev-upgrade on non-mac platforms then?

Mojca