failed to build ports ocaml, xfig

[Dimitri Hendriks]

Hi Stefan,

Thanks a lot for you help so far. Unfortunately,
the commands you give seem not work for me.
Possibly, I have overlooked something.

First, a question: if I do

   sudo port -v extract xfig

I get no message or whatsoever, just a new prompt; is that OK?

Then, I try:

   cd `port dir xfig`/work/xfig.3.2.5/

but this fails, there is no such directory:
`port dir xfig` expands to

   /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ 
graphics/xfig

and in there there is an empty dir "work"
(to be precise there is one empty file ".macports.xfig.state"),
so no dir xfig.3.2.5.

Do you know what to try next?

Thanks again,
Dimitri


On 24 Jul 2007, at 05:04, Stefan Bruda wrote:

> There does not seem to be possible to use the portfile for this  
> purpose,
> though a patch could be written and applied by the portfile.  Being  
> lazy
> and lacking time, what I did instead is:
>
>     port -v extract xfig
>     cd `port dir xfig`/work/xfig.3.2.5/
>     vi Imakefile
>        # search for: #define XAW3D
>        # comment (XCOMM) the just found line
>     port -v install xfig
>
> I also edited the port:
>
>     vi `port file xfig`
>
> and I eliminated the dependency of port:Xaw3d.  This is not  
> theoretically
> necessary but is correct given that I just eliminated the actual Xaw3d
> dependency.
>
> BY the way, did anybody notice that upgrading Xaw3d to 1.5E_1  
> breaks quite
> badly other things such as xemacs and gv?  Any suggestions on what  
> could
> be done about this one?
>
>> This sounds like a matter for the maintainer of the xfig port, whom
>> I'm Cc'ing on this email.
>
> I believe that Xaw3D is the overall culprit, so the dependency  
> should be
> removed (and the Imakefile patched accordingly) until the issue is  
> fixed.
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan
>
>