apr won't build

[Bryan Blackburn]

(FYI, don't forget to use reply-all so it gets to the list)

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 09:51:08PM -0600, Gulftel said:
> no firewall or proxy. I figured out my curl problem and can get from the 
> mirror.
>
>
> I think my problem is my setup.  I am trying to keep mp 1.6 and the svn 
> operational at same time.  I have setup /opt/1.6 and /opt/1.7 and change 
> 'local' to symlink to one or the other.   1.6 seems to work ok.  1.7 
> revision 42571 using svn portfiles is when I get the error.  I haven't had 
> a problem installing other files to 1.6 or 1.7 this way.

It shouldn't be a 1.7 issue as that's what I'm using; note you can install
MacPorts to different prefixes when using ./configure so you don't have to
do odd symlink-type things.  The way I have multiple installs is to just use
an alias:

   alias port-1.6="/usr/bin/env PATH=/Users/blb/MacPorts/mp-1.6/bin:${basepath} port"

(and similar ones for other installs).  This way one install doesn't see the
other (basepath is just the standard PATH).

> 178gis176:/opt/1.7 david$ sudo port -d install apr
[...]
> DEBUG: Executing org.macports.checksum (apr)
> --->  Checksumming apr-1.3.3.tar.bz2
> Error: Checksum (md5) mismatch for apr-1.3.3.tar.bz2
> Portfile checksum: apr-1.3.3.tar.bz2 md5 2090c21dee4f0eb1512604127dcd158f
> Distfile checksum: apr-1.3.3.tar.bz2 md5 943c6d94209139854e8b5b8d97a47cd6

One interesting thing might be to try using file against it, if you're
curious: 'file /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/apr/apr-1.3.3.tar.bz2' to
see if maybe it's grabbing HTML instead of a tar.bz2.

[...]
>
> I think I need try just changing {prefix} to 1.6 and 1.7 in their  
> respective directories then configure, make, and install  and forget  
> symlinking 'local' and see if I'm getting the same problems.

Off the top of my head I don't see why a symlink would break checksum when
fetch still works, but I've not tried reproducing your setup either...

Bryan