[MacPorts] #25156: MacPorts installer package postflight script requires Xcode to be installed

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#25156: MacPorts installer package postflight script requires Xcode to be installed
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  MacPorts 1.9.0                       
Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.8.2                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
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 The MacPorts 1.9.0-rc2 disk image installer package, unlike that of 1.8.2
 and earlier, now has this postflight process:

  * get the port definitions from rsync (sync)
  * create the index (portindex)
  * update to the latest MacPorts (selfupdate)

 The portindex part is new; previous versions just downloaded the pre-made
 portindex from the server.

 Installing MacPorts 1.9.0-rc2 on a computer with no prior MacPorts or
 Xcode installed, I can see in the installer log the following problematic
 messages flying by:

 {{{
 $ grep -C 1 '\(Failed to parse file\|Ports failed\)' 'Installer Log
 6-Jun-2010.txt'
 Jun  6 00:08:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port archivers
 /xz-devel
 Jun  6 00:08:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 archivers/zip/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make' in
 path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at
 its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:08:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 archivers/zlib
 --
 Jun  6 00:09:17 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 graphics/Quarter
 Jun  6 00:09:17 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 graphics/Renaissance-Framework/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to
 locate 'make' in path:
 '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at its
 MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:09:17 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 graphics/SimGear
 --
 Jun  6 00:09:34 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port lang
 /mercury-extras
 Jun  6 00:09:34 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 lang/mit-scheme/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make'
 in path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or
 at its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:09:34 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port lang/mosml
 --
 Jun  6 00:09:35 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port lang/objc
 Jun  6 00:09:35 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 lang/ocaml/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make' in
 path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at
 its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:09:35 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port lang/ocaml-
 doc
 --
 Jun  6 00:09:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 lang/python24-doc
 Jun  6 00:09:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 lang/python25/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make' in
 path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at
 its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:09:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 lang/python25-doc
 Jun  6 00:09:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 lang/python26/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make' in
 path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at
 its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:09:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 lang/python26-doc
 Jun  6 00:09:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 lang/python27/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make' in
 path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at
 its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:09:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 lang/python31/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make' in
 path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at
 its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:09:36 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port lang/q
 --
 Jun  6 00:09:53 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port net/netcat
 Jun  6 00:09:53 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 net/netclasses-framework/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to
 locate 'make' in path:
 '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at its
 MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:09:53 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port net/netdude
 --
 Jun  6 00:10:47 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 python/py26-pyxmpp
 Jun  6 00:10:47 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 python/py26-qscintilla/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate
 'make' in path:
 '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at its
 MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:10:47 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 python/py26-quadtree
 --
 Jun  6 00:11:02 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port science/xpa
 Jun  6 00:11:02 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 science/yorick/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make'
 in path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or
 at its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:11:02 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port science
 /yorick-gl
 --
 Jun  6 00:11:17 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 textproc/libebml
 Jun  6 00:11:17 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Failed to parse file
 textproc/libiconv/Portfile: can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate
 'make' in path:
 '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at its
 MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
 Jun  6 00:11:18 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Adding port
 textproc/liblrdf
 --
 Jun  6 00:11:37 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Ports successfully
 parsed:   6999
 Jun  6 00:11:37 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Ports failed:
 12
 Jun  6 00:11:37 adam installd[2222]: ./postflight: Up-to-date ports
 skipped:    0
 }}}

 The index would presumably be regenerated correctly once the user installs
 Xcode and then reruns "sudo port sync" or "sudo port selfupdate". But
 since most ports in MacPorts require Xcode, and since MacPorts itself,
 with the above log as evidence, itself does, the installer should not
 allow the user to install MacPorts if Xcode is not already installed.

 Or, portindex should be changed so it does not require Xcode to be
 installed to generate a correct complete index. But that seems like it
 would be harder to do.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25156>
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