Install error: can't read "configure.cflags"

[Randall Wood]

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On 11 Jul 2007, at 21:06, Daniel E. Bunker wrote:

> Hmmm...   I found the doc here <<http://ppl.darwinports.com/>>.   I  
> 'thought' that macports is simply the latest darwinports - is that  
> not correct? (I did mention that I am a newbie, yes?).
>
> Should I try to install it with 24245, or should I wait until it is  
> resolved?
>
> Bug submitted.
>
> In any case, thanks for your work on this project and your quick  
> reply.
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
>
>
>
> On Jul 11, 2007, at 6:50 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 11, 2007, at 15:00, Daniel E. Bunker wrote:
>>
>>> I am having difficulty installing Macports and the PPL library  
>>> via Macports.  I initially intstalled Macports (and updated to  
>>> 1.5.0), but the /opt/local/bin/portslocation/ folder is not  
>>> there.  I thus made the folders myself and went ahead (note also  
>>> that I previously tried to install it in /bin/, which also failed  
>>> with same error, and I then removed and reinstalled Macports):
>>>
>>> $ cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/ppl
>>
>> I don't know what all this is. MacPorts does not use a directory  
>> called "portslocation" and you do not need to be in any particular  
>> directory in order to install a port. Did some documentation lead  
>> you to the above? If so, please point it out so that we can  
>> correct it.
>>
>>
>>> $ sudo port install ppl
>>>
>>> Macports successfully installed gmp and glpk but failed on  
>>> configuring gmp-cxx-wrappers (see log below).
>>>
>>> So, am I just missing something as a newbie?  Or is there some  
>>> other problem here?
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> I am using a macbook pro 2.2GHz Core 2 with os x 10.4.10
>>
>> I just tried "sudo port install gmp-cxx-wrappers" and also got the  
>> error you reported. I'm on a rev 2 MacBook Pro with 2.16 GHz Core  
>> 2 Duo and OS X 10.4.9.
>>
>> $ sudo port install gmp-cxx-wrappers
>> Password:
>> --->  Fetching gmp-cxx-wrappers
>> --->  Attempting to fetch gmp-4.2.1.tar.bz2 from http:// 
>> ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp
>> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for gmp-cxx-wrappers
>> --->  Extracting gmp-cxx-wrappers
>> --->  Configuring gmp-cxx-wrappers
>> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: can't read  
>> "configure.cflags": no such variable
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>> Revision 24246 seems to have caused this. If I undo that revision,  
>> the port builds (though I don't know if it works).
>>
>> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/24246
>>
>> You should submit a bug in our Trac system. I do not know if this  
>> is a bug in the portfile or a bug in base.
>>
>>
>> Another problem with this portfile is that it downloads  
>> gmp-4.2.1.tar.bz2 again into /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/gmp- 
>> cxx-wrappers although it already exists in /opt/local/var/macports/ 
>> distfiles/gmp. That should be corrected as well. It should use the  
>> existing distfile in the gmp directory.
>>
>>
>
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