scrollkeeper

William Davis frstan at bellsouth.net
Sun Apr 6 23:20:22 PDT 2008


On Apr 6, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Randall Wood wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:48 AM, William Davis  
> <frstan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 4:26 AM, Randall Wood wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 1:55 AM, William Davis <frstan at bellsouth.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> dang it all
>>>> you have fixed scrollkeeper so I cant re-install it but now I cant
>> install
>>>> half the gnome updates because they want scrollkeeper!
>>>> Im disgussted........
>>>>
>>>
>>> There are no ports that depend on scrollkeeper. None. Every port  
>>> that
>>> had a dependency on scrollkeeper now has a dependency on rarian. Try
>>>
>>> sudo port selfupdate ; sudo port clean --all all ; sudo port upgrade
>> outdated
>>>
>>> and see if that helps.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> 1.
>> Using $(sysconfdir)/gconf/schemas as install directory for schema  
>> files
>> checking for scrollkeeper-config... no
>> configure: error: Couldn't find scrollkeeper-config
>> ./configure: line 4586: exit: please: numeric argument required
>> ./configure: line 4586: exit: please: numeric argument required
>>
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for bug-buddy):
>> org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure org.macports.build
>> DEBUG:
>> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>> 2.
>> checking for scrollkeeper-config... no
>> configure: error: Couldn't find scrollkeeper-config
>> ./configure: line 26210: exit: please: numeric argument required
>> ./configure: line 26210: exit: please: numeric argument required
>>
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnome-applets):
>> org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure org.macports.build
>> DEBUG:
>> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>> 3.
>> checking for scrollkeeper-config... no
>> configure: error: Couldn't find scrollkeeper-config. Please install  
>> the
>> scrollkeeper package
>>
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnome-desktop):
>> org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure org.macports.build
>> DEBUG:
>> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>> macintosh:~ frstan$
>> 4.
>> Making all in doc
>> /bin/sh: scrollkeeper-config: command not found
>> /bin/sh: scrollkeeper-config: command not found
>> The file '/Templates/C/scrollkeeper_cl.xml' does not exist.
>> Please check your ScrollKeeper installation.
>> make[3]: *** [gnome-volume-control-C.omf] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnome-media):
>> org.macports.destroot org.macports.build
>> DEBUG:
>> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>> 5.
>> Making all in it
>> for file in gucharmap-it.omf; do \
>>          scrollkeeper-preinstall
>> /opt/local/share/gnome/help/gucharmap/it/gucharmap.xml ./$file  
>> $file.out; \
>>        done
>> /bin/sh: scrollkeeper-preinstall: command not found
>> make[3]: [omf_timestamp] Error 127 (ignored)
>> touch omf_timestamp
>> Making all in ja
>> for file in gucharmap-ja.omf; do \
>>          scrollkeeper-preinstall
>> /opt/local/share/gnome/help/gucharmap/ja/gucharmap.xml ./$file  
>> $file.out; \
>>        done
>> /bin/sh: scrollkeeper-preinstall: command not found
>> make[3]: [omf_timestamp] Error 127 (ignored)
>> touch omf_timestamp
>> Making all in zh_CN
>> for file in gucharmap-zh_CN.omf; do \
>>          scrollkeeper-preinstall
>> /opt/local/share/gnome/help/gucharmap/zh_CN/gucharmap.xml ./$file  
>> $file.out;
>> \
>>        done
>> /bin/sh: scrollkeeper-preinstall: command not found
>> make[3]: [omf_timestamp] Error 127 (ignored)
>> touch omf_timestamp
>> Making all in zh_TW
>> for file in gucharmap-zh_TW.omf; do \
>>          scrollkeeper-preinstall
>> /opt/local/share/gnome/help/gucharmap/zh_TW/gucharmap.xml ./$file  
>> $file.out;
>> \
>>        done
>> /bin/sh: scrollkeeper-preinstall: command not found
>> make[3]: [omf_timestamp] Error 127 (ignored)
>> touch omf_timestamp
>>
>> /snip/
>>
>> install: gucharmap-it.omf.out: No such file or directory
>> make[4]: *** [install-data-hook-omf] Error 71
>> make[3]: *** [install-data-am] Error 2
>> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
>> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>>
>> Warning: the following items did not execute (for gucharmap):
>> org.macports.destroot
>> DEBUG:
>> Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
>>
>> 6.
>> others (such as yelp) attempt to use scrollkeeper which fails but the
>> install completes
>
> The current version of yelp breaks if scrollkeeper is installed. This
> is a deliberate decision on the upstream maintainers of that package
> for the GNOME project. They provide a package called rarian that is a
> drop-in replacement for scrollkeeper with extended capabilities to
> support internationalization needs, as scrollkeeper has not been
> updated by its maintainers for a few years now.
>
>> Those are all I care to take time to bother to list.
>
> Did you perhaps bother to read the notes in the scrollkeeper port when
> it aborts the installation,  or bother to my original reply to your
> message. The port named "rarian" is the port you want to use. Every
> port that did depend on scrollkeeper (or on a port that depended on
> scrollkeeper) no w depends on the port named "rarian" (or on a port
> that depends on "rarian").
>
> Every problem you list is the result of not having the port named
> "rarian" installed. The scrollkeeper port is explicit: you should use
> the port rarian instead of it.
>
>> And yes I did selfupdate and clean --all : I do those regularly.
>>
>> Im very disapointed with the lack of quality in the MacPorts system  
>> and its
>> undepedability.
>
> ...
>
>> William Davis
>> frstanATbellsouthDOTnet
>> Mac OS X.5.2 Darwin 9.2.2
>> Xquartz 2.2.0 - (xorg-server 1.3.0-apple13)
>> Mac Mini Intel Duo @ 1.86 GHz
>>
>> Mundus vult decepi, ego non
>>
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Randall Wood
> randall.h.wood at alexandriasoftware.com
>
> "The rules are simple: The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes.
> All the rest is just philosophy."

And I find your presumption of ignorance of basics on my part instead  
of looking at the problem rather inept.
macintosh:~ frstan$ port installed rarian
The following ports are currently installed:
   rarian @0.8.0_0 (active)
macintosh:~ frstan$

OF COURSE I HAD PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED RARIAN!

What's your excuse going to be this time?

William Davis
frstanATbellsouthDOTnet
Mac OS X.5.2 Darwin 9.2.2
Xquartz 2.2.0 - (xorg-server 1.3.0-apple13)
Mac Mini Intel Duo @ 1.86 GHz

Mundus vult decepi, ego non



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