Fwd: sudo port install xboard

Charles Darwin darwinskernel at gmail.com
Wed Dec 12 19:22:48 PST 2007


$ sudo mkdir /usr/share/libtool && cp /opt/local/share/libtool/ 
config.guess /opt/local/share/libtool/config.sub /usr/share/libtool/
$ sudo port install xboard
--->  Configuring xboard
--->  Building xboard with target all
--->  Staging xboard into destroot
Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: shell command " cd "/ 
opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/xboard-4.2.6" && make install prefix=/opt/local/var/ 
macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/destroot/opt/local " returned error 2
Command output: ./mkinstalldirs /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/destroot/opt/local/bin /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/destroot/opt/local/man /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/destroot/opt/local/man/man6 /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/destroot/opt/local/share/info
mkdir /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/destroot/opt/local/man
mkdir /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/destroot/opt/local/man/man6
/usr/bin/install -c -s xboard /opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_games_x 
board/work/destroot/opt/local/bin/xboard
install: exec(strip): No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 70

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>
> Date: December 12, 2007 10:07:53 PM EST (CA)
> To: Charles Darwin <darwinskernel at gmail.com>
> Cc: liste gtk <macports-users at lists.macosforge.org>
> Subject: Re: sudo port install xboard
>
> On Dec 12, 2007, at 21:03, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Dec 12, 2007, at 20:58, Charles Darwin wrote:
>>
>>> $uname -r;arch
>>> 8.11.0
>>> ppc
>>> $ sudo port install xboard
>>> --->  Configuring xboard
>>> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: error copying "/ 
>>> usr/share/libtool/config.guess": no such file or directory
>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>> $
>>
>> Why don't you have /usr/share/libtool/config.guess on your system?  
>> It should be there.
>>
>> We had one report of this before, for a different port I think  
>> (there are many that employ the technique of copying that file)  
>> but I don't think we ever found out why the user was missing that  
>> file.
>
> Here we go. The problem was reported for libnet:
>
> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/13334
>
> And for cdrtools on the mailing list. In this message of that  
> thread, I listed all the ports that employ this technique:
>
> http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-November/ 
> 007087.html
>
> However, I still don't understand why the technique doesn't work,  
> or rather, why that file is missing on some users' systems. Any  
> insight would be appreciated.
>



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