error during activate step

[Michael Thon]

Oops, just realized that this error was due to a bug in the Makefile  
for the package.  make install didn't actually install any files.
cheers
Mike

On Oct 13, 2006, at 6:48 AM, Michael Thon wrote:

> I'm trying to write a portfile for a new package but I get an error  
> during the activate step.  There's probably a bug in my portfile  
> but I cant find it.  Can anyone have a quick look at this?  Here is  
> the output of 'sudo port install MUMmer' and at the end of the  
> email is my Portfile.  Many thanks.
>
> DEBUG: Executing com.apple.install (MUMmer)
> couldn't change working directory to "/opt/local/var/db/dports/ 
> build/_Users_mike_darwinports_dports_science_MUMmer/work/destroot":  
> no such file or directory
> DEBUG: Executing com.apple.activate (MUMmer)
> --->  Activating MUMmer 3.19_0
> Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: Source  
> file /opt/local/var/db/dports/software/MUMmer/3.19_0 does not  
> appear to exist (cannot lstat it).  Unable to activate port MUMmer.
> Warning: the following items did not execute (for MUMmer):  
> com.apple.activate
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> --------Portfile--------
> # $Id: $
> PortSystem 1.0
> name		MUMmer
> version		3.19
> revision	0
> distfiles	${name}${version}.tar.gz
> description	MUMmer is a system for rapidly aligning entire genomes,  
> whether in \
> 			complete or draft form.
> long_description \
> MUMmer is a system for rapidly aligning entire genomes, whether in  
> complete or draft \
> form. For example, MUMmer 3.0 can find all 20-basepair or longer  
> exact matches between \
> a pair of 5-megabase genomes in 13.7 seconds, using 78 MB of  
> memory, on a 2.4 GHz Linux \
> desktop computer. MUMmer can also align incomplete genomes. it  
> handles the 100s or 1000s \
> of contigs from a shotgun \
> sequencing project with ease, and will align them to another set of  
> contigs or a genome \
> using the NUCmer program included with the system. If the species  
> are too divergent for \
> DNA sequence alignment to detect similarity, then the PROmer  
> program can generate \
> alignments based upon the six-frame translations of both input  
> sequences.
>
> maintainers	mrt5 at mac.com
> categories	science
> platforms	darwin
> homepage	http://mummer.sourceforge.net
> master_sites	sourceforge:mummer
> checksums	md5 7e0aa1c7da68c31b66fda9687171d9ff
>
> worksrcdir		${name}${version}
> use_configure   no
>
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