[MacPorts] #14841: openexr-1.4.0 fails to build

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#14841: openexr-1.4.0 fails to build
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  Reporter:  gargasm at gmail.com  |       Owner:  waqar at macports.org    
      Type:  defect             |      Status:  new                   
  Priority:  Normal             |   Milestone:  Port Bugs             
 Component:  ports              |     Version:  1.6.0                 
Resolution:                     |    Keywords:  kde openexr build fail
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Comment (by gargasm at gmail.com):

 hi.

  re: minor glitches.

 i think i was a bit over-zealous in my plurality. most of the symlinking
 was done to get another non-macports piece of software to complie using
 macports-installed libraries and showing it where they were. there was
 only one true glitch in my kde-3.5.8 install before the current ticket,
 but it was addressed in the following tickets (sort of):

  #11139: BUG: automake fails to build

  #7556: BUG: popt (1.10.4_1) upgrade fails with perl5.8 @ 5.8.8_0+darwin_8

 i was also hanging on a perl crash when building automake. however, the
 tip in ticket #7556 suggested downgrading perl and reinstalling the port,
 but that ticket implied downgrading the macports install of perl to 5.8.7,
 which seems to no longer be available. i was able to workaround this by
 replacing the hard link /opt/local/bin/perl, which points to
 /opt/local/bin/perl5.8.8 (is this the case?), with a symlink to
 /usr/bin/perl5.8.6, which comes with 10.4.x. this was the only symlink i
 really had to make to get a macports port to install. long hours staring
 at a terminal can make memory a bit fuzzy, but i guess that's what logs
 are for.

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