[MacPorts] #22612: Stumbling blocks : working towards install of MacPorts xorg-server, quartz and more

[MacPorts]

#22612: Stumbling blocks : working towards install of MacPorts xorg-server, quartz
and more
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  aszy@…        |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal        |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports         |     Version:  1.8.1                                
 Keywords:                |        Port:                                       
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
 Have decided to begin the process to upgrade everything that is installed
 and then add the MP ports that I want to use. Started with simply trying
 to upgrade existing: Second item on list is babl, following is output from
 "sudo port upgrade babl"

 Gulliver:~ aszy$ sudo port upgrade babl
 Password:
 Warning: Skipping upgrade since boehmgc 7.1_0 >= boehmgc 7.1_0, even
 though installed variants "" do not match "+darwin_10". Use 'upgrade
 --enforce-variants' to switch to the requested variants.
 Warning: Skipping upgrade since ncursesw 5.7_0 >= ncursesw 5.7_0, even
 though installed variants "" do not match "+darwin_10". Use 'upgrade
 --enforce-variants' to switch to the requested variants.
 Warning: Skipping upgrade since ncurses 5.7_0 >= ncurses 5.7_0, even
 though installed variants "" do not match "+darwin_10". Use 'upgrade
 --enforce-variants' to switch to the requested variants.
 --->  Computing dependencies for glib2
 --->  Configuring glib2
 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_glib2/work/glib-2.22.2"
 && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --enable-static " returned error 1
 Command output: checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C89...
 (cached) none needed
 checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.2... (cached) gcc3
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -E
 checking for c++... /usr/bin/g++-4.2
 checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
 checking whether /usr/bin/g++-4.2 accepts -g... yes
 checking dependency style of /usr/bin/g++-4.2... gcc3
 checking for gcc... (cached) /usr/bin/gcc-4.2
 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
 checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 accepts -g... (cached) yes
 checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none
 needed
 checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.2... (cached) gcc3
 checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 and cc understand -c and -o together...
 yes
 checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
 checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
 checking for pkg-config... /opt/local/bin/pkg-config
 checking for gawk... (cached) awk
 checking for perl5... /opt/local/bin/perl
 checking for indent... indent
 checking for /opt/local/bin/perl... /opt/local/bin/perl
 checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.4... python
 checking for python... /opt/local/bin/python
 checking for python version... 2.5
 checking for python platform... darwin
 checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.5/site-
 packages
 checking for python extension module directory...
 ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.5/site-packages
 checking for iconv_open... no
 checking for libiconv_open in -liconv... no
 checking for iconv_open in -liconv... no
 configure: error: *** No iconv() implementation found in C library or
 libiconv

 Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

 -----------------------------
 Subsequently I performed the following:

 Gulliver:~ aszy$ port search libiconv
 libiconv @1.13 (textproc)
     Character set conversion library

 php5-iconv @5.3.0 (php, textproc)
     a PHP interface to the libiconv character encoding conversion
 functions

 Found 2 ports.
 ----------------------

 then

 ----------------------
 Gulliver:~ aszy$ sudo port install libiconv
 --->  Computing dependencies for libiconv
 --->  Cleaning libiconv
 Gulliver:~ aszy$

 ---------------------
 and ran the upgrade again, with complaints about libiconv, iconv_open

 I am getting increasingly frustrated that at every step to get a MacPort
 up and running, I am getting a roadblock. I appreciate the nature of the
 MacPort system, and I really don't think that I am doing anything unique.
 I have at least 30 more upgrades to go before I actually start on the
 dependencies tree for the actual applications that I want to run.
 More than anything, I would like guidance as to how to a) recognize what
 is going wrong, and b) how to solve these without having to post a ticket
 every time. I cannot imagine that you all ( thanks to you all by the way )
 really want to spend your time tracking these "bugs" any more than I do.
 Running MacBook Pro, Snow Leopard, latest Xcode, latest MacPorts listing.
 Thanks, Al

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/22612>
MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/>
Ports system for Mac OS