ocaml won't compile/install {Scanned}

[Paul Guyot]

Le 18 nov. 07 à 14:47, HENRY HOLLENBERG a écrit :

> Hey gang,
>
> I am trying to install ocaml so I can compile unison which depends  
> on ocaml so I can
> synchronize my files between my MacBookPro and AMD64 Ubuntu box.   
> Had to get
> the latest unison (2.27.10) I could find to overcome a 64 bit  
> integer bug which was crashing
> file transfers.
>
> Since then Unison has worked flawlessly between MBP 10.4 and Ubuntu- 
> AMD64.
>
> Then I did the leopard upgrade.  Wrecked apple mail, now using  
> Thunderbird and I can't
> get my old version of ocaml (3.10.0) to compile.  It compiled fine  
> on 10.4.
>
> So I downloaded MacPorts to get that version of ocaml:
>
> sh-3.2# port search ocaml
> ocaml                          lang/ocaml     3.10.0        
> Objective Caml is an implementation of the ML language
> ocaml-mode.el                  lang/ocaml-mode.el 3.05         An  
> EMACS major mode for editing OCaml programs.
> ocamlduce                      lang/ocamlduce 3.08.4pl3     
> Objective Caml extensions for manipulating XML
>
>
> But when I try to install I get:
>
> sh-3.2# port install ocaml
> Error: Error executing darwin_9: invalid command name  
> "macosx_deployment_target"
> Error: Unable to open port: Error evaluating variants
>
>
> I don't think it is a bad install of MacPorts as I have loaded  
> several packages succesfully:
>
> sh-3.2# port installed
> The following ports are currently installed:
>  expat @2.0.1_0 (active)
>  gettext @0.17_0 (active)
>  libiconv @1.11_6 (active)
>  py-chart @1.37_0 (active)
>  python24 @2.4.4_1+darwin_9 (active)
>  python25 @2.5.1_2+darwin_9 (active)
>
> Is their some way I can edit the sources on ocaml to get it to  
> compile?
>
> If not, How long do these type things usually take to get fixed in  
> MacPorts? ie when should I check back....daily, weekly, monthly???

Depends on the port, the problem and the availability of the  
maintainer :)
I am the maintainer of ocaml, but I don't have Leopard and I have  
been vaguely inactive lately, especially when the following lines  
were added to ocaml Portfile:

platform darwin 9 {
     macosx_deployment_target 10.4
}

This is what breaks on your system. Judging from the Changelog, this  
command hasn't been released yet, and this is why it breaks. I guess  
you can either:
- get the latest development version of MacPorts (or the 1.6 RC, if  
it includes this command)
- replace it with something that should work on the previous release  
of MacPorts, such as:
configure.env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4

I'm Ccing Kevin who might have a clue.

Paul