[macports-users] KMyMoney 0.8.9 fails to compile

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 28, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Thibaut Cousin wrote:

>    I'm using Macports 1.6.0 (selfupdate was made) on Leopard 10.5.4
> Intel.
>    Installing the rest of KDE, and other KDE applications, went fine
> but KMyMoney is an exception. Downloading and configuring is OK, but
> building fails with:
>
> Making install in pics
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
> test -z "/opt/local/share/apps/kmymoney2/pics/" || ../../admin/ 
> install-
> sh -c -d "/opt/local/var/macports/build/
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync
> .macports.org_release_ports_kde_kmymoney/work/destroot/opt/local/ 
> share/
> apps/kmymoney2/pics/"
> mkdir: /opt/local/var/macports/build/
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync
> .macports.org_release_ports_kde_kmymoney/work/destroot/opt/local/ 
> share/
> apps/kmymoney2/pics/: File exists
> make[3]: *** [install-kmymoneyDATA] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>
>    I met the same problem a few weeks ago, when I was using Fink. I
> could solve it by changing something in the Makefile : replacing
> install -c -d by mkdir -p. But:
>
> 1) This was an ugly hack.
> 2) I don't know how to make a change inside the source tarball with
> Macports.
> 3) Maybe there's a better solution, or this new problem isn't really
> related to the previous one.


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