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

[Malcolm Fitzgerald]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:12:31 -0400
Randall Wood <rhwood at mac.com> wrote:

> Darwinports.com is a parasite on the MacPorts project. It is someone  
> attempting to make a cheap buck off of other people's work, and is,  
> as you discovered, not reliable.

Is that right? What a dick! I've been confused by this too. I presumed
that the information there was reliable. 

malcolm


> 
> 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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