Gnome-desktop fails

[brian]

here is the first of two similar errors.  let me know if more would be 
helpful. I really have no idea what is going on here.

--->  Building gnome-desktop with target all
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.build (gnome-desktop)
DEBUG: Environment:
DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd 
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome_gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.18.2" 
&& make all'
make  all-recursive
Making all in po
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in libgnome-desktop
Making all in libgnome
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in libgnomeui
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in gnome-about
Making all in headers
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in pixmaps
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in desktop-docs
Making all in fdl
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in gpl
if ! test -d ar/; then mkdir ar/; fi
if [ -f "C/gpl.xml" ]; then d="../"; else 
d="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome_gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.18.2/desktop-docs/gpl/"; 
fi; \
(cd ar/ && \
  `which xml2po` -e -p \
    "${d}ar/ar.po" \
    "${d}C/gpl.xml" > gpl.xml.tmp && \
    cp gpl.xml.tmp gpl.xml && rm -f gpl.xml.tmp)
/bin/sh: line 1: DISPLAY: command not found
make[3]: *** [ar/gpl.xml] Error 127
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd 
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome_gnome-desktop/work/gnome-desktop-2.18.2" 
&& make all " returned error 2