Failing to install gmime (dependency on gtk-sharp?)

[Boey Maun Suang]

Hi Avi,

I've finally fixed the GMime - Mono problem, bumping GMime up to  
2.2.6 while I was at it, and it will come out with the next update of  
PortIndex.

Kind regards,


Maun Suang

On 06/04/2007, at 23:05, Avi Drissman wrote:

> On 4/6/07 8:29 AM, Boey Maun Suang wrote:
>> this problem must have arisen because Avi has Mono installed in  
>> paths that the configure script can detect (be it through MacPorts  
>> or otherwise) whereas I did not, and didn't check the available  
>> configure flags carefully enough.
>
> Yes, you are correct:
>
>> checking for mcs... /usr/bin/mcs
>> checking whether /usr/bin/mcs is GNU Mono... yes
>
> Wow. I didn't realize that I even had that there; I vaguely  
> remember installing some package a long time ago that used Mono,  
> but I don't think I ever used it.
>
>> If this is right (Avi, can you let us know if it's not?), then all  
>> we need to do to fix it is to set --disable-mono as one of the  
>> default configure arguments (in the configure.args part of the  
>> Portfile).
>
> That would probably be a good idea. In the meanwhile, I think I'll  
> take out this install of Mono since I don't actually use it.
>
>> Do let me know if you have any problems building things linked to  
>> GMime.
>
> Will do. Thanks for your help!
>
> Avi
>
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