Problems using macports

[William Siegrist]

This looks similar to the problem with mod_python on Leopard (the lack  
of a command name):

http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/13856


-Bill


On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Chris Pickel wrote:

> [Resending to post to list; sorry to muffetta for the extra copy]
>
> On 07 Jan, 2008, at 7:48, muffetta66 wrote:
>> ibook-g4-di-*************-********:~ *************$ sudo port  
>> install mc
>> Password:
>> --->  Extracting libiconv
>> Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: shell command " cd "/ 
>> opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync 
>> .macports.org_release_ports_textproc_libiconv/work" && gzip -dc / 
>> opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/libiconv/libiconv-1.12.tar.gz | - 
>> xf - " returned error 127
>> Command output: sh: line 1: -xf: command not found
>
> Looks like you have `tar` missing. What's the value of tar_command  
> on your system? You can get it as follows:
>
> % cat /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/port1.0/port_autoconf.tcl | grep  
> tar
> 	variable tar_command "/usr/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner"
>
> I'm assuming that the value will be missing on your system. As you  
> can see, on my system it refers to /usr/bin/gnutar:
>
> % /usr/bin/gnutar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1
>
> It's possible that you could fix your problem simply by editing  
> port_autoconf.tcl, but that would break upon selfupdating, and it  
> would be better to know why it didn't originally find the tar command.
>
>
> Chris
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William Siegrist
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