gnucash

[James E. Bailey]

Am 19.05.2008 um 14:40 schrieb Joshua Root:

> James E. Bailey wrote:
>> Hello, I'm trying install the port for gnucash and I come into a  
>> problem with one of the dependencies: AfterStep. The portfile wants  
>> to download version 2.1.0 which is old and unavailable. There are  
>> several newer and older versions available, and I can download or  
>> install them myself, but I don't know how to get macports to  
>> recognise them. Is there anything I can do? Can I update the  
>> portfile? I really don't know how to do that or where to begin, but  
>> I thought I would ask here first.
>
> For future reference, the best place to ask for help with ports that  
> have no maintainer is the macports-users mailing list (which I have  
> added to cc).
>
> As far as I can tell, AfterStep is not a dependency of gnucash. What  
> led you to the conclusion that it is?
>
> The problem with AfterStep seems to be that the tarball required by  
> the port has been moved into a 'v2.1' subdirectory on the server.  
> That's easy to fix.
>
> Updating the port to a newer AfterStep version may be as simple as  
> changing the version number and checksums, or it may be a lot more  
> work. No doubt Waqar has a better idea of which it would be.
>
> If you want to learn about writing Portfiles and contributing to  
> MacPorts in general, see the Guide at http://guide.macports.org/.
>
> - Josh

Haha, I forgot I have to subscribe to the list in order to send a  
message…

Thanks, I just ran install variants: without_hbci, universal gnucash,  
and among the files macports decided to try and download AfterStep was  
included. I downloaded the portfile and am attempting to build and add  
it to my own macports repository now, but I'll look for other  
responses and tips at the macport mailing list. Thanks