Problem installing readline

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 15, 2007, at 04:14, Thomas Schober wrote:

> 2007/8/15, Ryan Schmidt:
>
>> On Aug 14, 2007, at 10:59, Thomas Schober wrote:
>>
>>> 2007/8/14, Thomas Schober:
>>>
>>>> 2007/8/14, Ryan Schmidt:
>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 14, 2007, at 02:57, Thomas Schober wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> No i am trying to install subversion and readline is a dependency
>>>>>> of it. I don't know if i need 5.2, the only thig i did is :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sudo port install readline
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't really care which version of readline i get. But thats  
>>>>>> all
>>>>>> automatic by MacPorts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah yes, subversion depends on apr-util, which depends on sqlite3,
>>>>> which depends on readline. It does not depend on readline-5, and
>>>>> readline-5 would not satisfy the readline dependency. So we're  
>>>>> back
>>>>> to my previous suggestions regarding potential changes to the
>>>>> readline port you could try:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-August/
>>>>> 005009.html
>>>>
>>>> The Problem is, that this line :
>>>>
>>>>  delete ${destroot}${prefix}/share/info/dir
>>>>
>>>> is not in the portfile. there is a generall line inside, which
>>>> goes over all
>>>> /share/info/*.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to delete this line, but the same problem as before.
>>
>> Either you are looking at the wrong portfile, or your portfiles are
>> months out of date. The relevant line has been that way since
>> February 2007, as per this changeset:
>>
>> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/22017
>>
>> This is the file we're talking about:
>>
>> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/browser/trunk/dports/
>> devel/readline/Portfile?rev=26187
>>
>> It is located at the path devel/readline/Portfile within your ports
>> tree.
>>
>> Line 41.
>>
>> What is the first line of your readline portfile -- what is the
>> output of this command?
>>
>> port file readline | xargs head -n 1
>>
>> On my system, it is as follows:
>>
>> # $Id: Portfile 26187 2007-06-15 10:36:51Z ryandesign at macports.org $
>>
>> And this is what you should see, too, if your ports tree is up to  
>> date.
>>
>>
>>> ok, i fixed the problem:
>>>
>>> i just created
>>>
>>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/
>>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_dev 
>>> el
>>> _readline/work/destroot/opt/local/share/info/dir
>>>
>>> this directory was missing
>>
>> It sounds like you worked around the problem, rather than fixing it.
>> You may have succeeded in installing the port today, but if you ever
>> need to reinstall it, I see no reason why the same problem would not
>> occur again. It would be beneficial to discover why the problem
>> occurred in the first place. Maybe a change needs to be made to the
>> portfile. We won't know until someone who's experiencing the problem
>> (you) tries out the changes suggested above to see if they help or  
>> not.
>>
>> Another possibility would be to explicitly write the code so that the
>> file is only deleted if it exists, similar to this:
>>
>> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/27782
>
> I already tried this solution, but the line :
>
>>>  delete ${destroot}${prefix}/share/info/dir
>
> is not in the portfile.

Then you are not looking at the same portfile I'm looking at, because  
that line is present in the readline portfile I have. I copied the  
line directly from there.

> There is a loop, which deletes a bunch of
> files and directories. They seem to be created dynamically. So when i
> remove the line, nothing is deleted anymore.
> It seems that you have to insert a delete command, which ignores  
> errors.

Perhaps you could attach the complete file you're looking at. Maybe  
that would help us converge on a solution.