[MacPorts] #49564: xemacs on El Capitan

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#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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  Reporter:  burkhard.militzer@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal               |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                |    Version:  2.3.4
Resolution:                       |   Keywords:
      Port:  xemacs               |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * keywords:  Xemacs =>
 * port:   => xemacs


Old description:

> Dear Ports Community,
>
> I am a daily Xemacs user and rely on Mac Ports to install it. After
> upgrading to El Capitan, I would like to report three issues:
>
> (A) Currently Ports supports only the recent (but unstable) beta version
> of Xemacs 21.5.16, which causes problems on my end. If someone could put
> back the last stable version 21.4.22 then I could keeping editing my C++
> files without frequent crashes.
>
> (B) A simpler request: There is a problem with the installation of the
> package libraries. As is,
> the link in /opt/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.16 links to itself
> indefinitely. I fixed it by hand with
>
> /opt/local/lib/xemacs>sudo rm xemacs-21.5.16
> /opt/local/lib>sudo rm -rf xemacs
> /opt/local/lib>sudo ln -s xemacs-21.5.16 xemacs
>
> (C) Currently I cannot have Xemacs and ImageMagick installed at the same
> time. Maybe this could be fixed also:
>
> sudo port install imagemagick
> Password:
> --->  Computing dependencies for ImageMagick
> Error: Unable to execute port: Can't install ctags because conflicting
> ports are active: xemacs
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Burkhard

New description:

 Dear Ports Community,

 I am a daily Xemacs user and rely on Mac Ports to install it. After
 upgrading to El Capitan, I would like to report three issues:

 (A) Currently Ports supports only the recent (but unstable) beta version
 of Xemacs 21.5.16, which causes problems on my end. If someone could put
 back the last stable version 21.4.22 then I could keeping editing my C++
 files without frequent crashes.

 (B) A simpler request: There is a problem with the installation of the
 package libraries. As is,
 the link in /opt/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.16 links to itself
 indefinitely. I fixed it by hand with

 {{{
 /opt/local/lib/xemacs>sudo rm xemacs-21.5.16
 /opt/local/lib>sudo rm -rf xemacs
 /opt/local/lib>sudo ln -s xemacs-21.5.16 xemacs
 }}}

 (C) Currently I cannot have Xemacs and ImageMagick installed at the same
 time. Maybe this could be fixed also:

 {{{
 sudo port install imagemagick
 Password:
 --->  Computing dependencies for ImageMagick
 Error: Unable to execute port: Can't install ctags because conflicting
 ports are active: xemacs
 }}}

 Thanks a lot,

 Burkhard

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Comment:

 a) xemacs was updated to a beta version because it was stated that the
 stable version didn't work. See #19833.

 b) If that's true, we can fix the symlink.

 c) It is true that ctags and xemacs were marked as conflicting with one
 another in r141410. This is typically done when two ports try to install
 different files to the same name/location. How would you suggest this
 conflict be resolved?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49564#comment:1>
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