gconf for firefox-x11 build problem

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 9, 2007, at 09:59, Joshua MacFie wrote:

> On Jul 9, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Jul 9, 2007, at 05:16, Joshua MacFie wrote:
>>
>>> /usr/bin/ld: can't map file: /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib  
>>> ((os/kern) invalid argument)
>>
>> Does that file exist, are its permissions ok and is it of the  
>> correct architecture for your computer? Try:
>>
>> file /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib
>>
>> and see what it says. Try also:
>>
>> otool -L /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> The first says
>
> /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib: unreadable symlink `/opt/local/ 
> lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib' (No such file or directory)
>
> The second
>
> otool: can't map file: /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib ((os/ 
> kern) invalid argument)
>
> Sorry I'm sorta new to the Unix environment. Is the sym link break  
> what's causing this? If so how do I fix it?

So it looks like /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib exists but is  
merely a symlink pointing to something that doesn't exist. That would  
certainly explain why ld couldn't access it, and why your compile  
didn't complete.

One good piece of information would be to know where the symlink is  
pointing:

ls -l /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib

Another would be which port provided that broken symlink:

port provides /opt/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.dylib

Whatever port it identifies, try reinstalling it (sudo port -ncuf  
upgrade theportname) -- after selfupdating to make sure you have the  
latest MacPorts and ports tree (sudo port selfupdate). If, after  
reinstalling the latest version of that port, you still have a broken  
symlink, you may need to contact the port's maintainer (port info  
theportname).


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