Leopard status

[Rob MacLeod]

Hi,

OK, I found the Leopard patch, managed to install the patch  
(instructions on this process could use some expansion and updating),  
and the build seemed to work:

[airfriday:~]$ sudo port -v install emacs
--->  Installing emacs 22.1_1
--->  Activating emacs 22.1_1
--->  Cleaning emacs
--->  Removing build directory for emacs

However, the emacs binary did not end up in the /opt/local/bin, even  
though it does exist in
/opt/local/var/macports/software/emacs/22.1_1/usr/local/bin

Is there some final magic I need to do in order to get things in their  
rightful place.  Obviously, I can copy manually but I assumed the  
install script should take care of this sort of detail?

On another note, if there has been a patch available for emacs for a  
month now, why is it not part of the current install? I mean, why  
should it still be necessary to apply the patch this long after it is  
in place?

Thanks,

Rob


On Dec 28, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Dec 28, 2007, at 09:36, Rob MacLeod wrote:
>
>> On Dec 28, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> For each port you find that fails to install, please search the  
>>> issue tracker to see if it has already been reported. If it has,  
>>> check the ticket to see if there's a patch. If there is, try it  
>>> out. If it works for you, say so in the ticket so we'll know we  
>>> can commit the patch. If there's no patch but a workaround, that  
>>> might let you bypass the problem as well. If there's no ticket  
>>> filed, please file one.
>>
>> Thanks for this information but I am afraid I have to ask some more  
>> questions.
>>
>> How do I search the issue tracker? Each time I try and follow the  
>> link to any error reporting, it asks for a username and password  
>> that I have not received.
>
> You'll have to sign up for an account in the issue tracker if you  
> want to file new tickets or add comments to existing ones, but you  
> should be able to just search without logging in. Go to http://www.macports.org/ 
>  and click Support & Development in the left navigation. Then click  
> View Tickets in the top navigation. Then click Custom Query over on  
> the right. Then select Summary from the Add Filter menu. Then type  
> your search string into the text box and click Update.
>
> To register for an account or log into an existing one, click  
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>