MacPorts and a2ps

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 16, 2008, at 07:22, Chad Chamberlin wrote:

> On 1/15/08 6:04 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Jan 15, 2008, at 11:05, Chad Chamberlin wrote:
>>
>>> I need help with installing a2ps.  I think I am getting a fairly
>>> simple
>>> error.  I am brand new to MacPorts and recently installed it just
>>> so that I
>>> could install a2ps.  I did contact the maintainer of a2ps,
>>> mike at pentangle.net, but he is on vacation for three weeks. I  
>>> believe I
>>> installed MacPorts correctly and believe I have successfully
>>> installed the
>>> aspell port but am getting the following error when trying to
>>> install a2ps:
>>>
>>> Error: Target org.macports.patch returned: error copying
>>> "/usr/share/libtool/config.guess": no such file or directory
>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am not sure if this is the right user list for this.  I did read
>>> as many
>>> things as I could find at MacPorts.org and did not find anything
>>> pertaining
>>> to this problem.
>>>
>>> Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Error: Target org.macports.patch returned: error copying
>>> "/usr/share/libtool/config.guess": no such file or directory
>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>> This is "the Xcode 2.5 problem" again. Xcode 2.5 no longer provides /
>> usr/share/libtool/. There are a handful of ports that made use of
>> files in that directory. Those ports should all be fixed to depend on
>> the libtool port instead and get the files from there. Some weeks ago
>> I posted a list of all affected ports. I don't know if there's a
>> ticket yet. I have Xcode 2.5 on a machine here so I can try to work
>> on this if nobody else does first.
>
> Thanks Ryan,
>
> Please keep me posted, I am anxious to start using a2ps from my Mac.
> Do I need to wait for the port to be fixed or is there a work  
> around I can
> do?

I fixed a2ps (and libnet and recode) today. Wait 30 minutes, then  
"sudo port selfupdate", then you should be able to install them. I'll  
work on the rest of the affected ports too.