fails to build dbus

[Dimitri Hendriks]

Thank you Ryan!

Now I get:

--->  Installing dbus @1.2.12_5
--->  Activating dbus @1.2.12_5
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: can't read "plistFl":  
no such variable
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Dimitri

On 13 Apr 2009, at 02:10, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Apr 12, 2009, at 16:27, Dimitri Hendriks wrote:
>
>> I just installed macports, and wanted to install port lablgtk2.
>> All went well (it takes hours though) until:
>> --->  Fetching dbus
>> --->  Attempting to fetch dbus-1.2.12.tar.gz from http:// 
>> trd.no.distfiles.macports.org/dbus
>> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for dbus
>> --->  Extracting dbus
>> --->  Applying patches to dbus
>> --->  Configuring dbus
>> --->  Building dbus
>> --->  Staging dbus into destroot
>> --->  Installing dbus @1.2.12_5
>> --->  Activating dbus @1.2.12_5
>> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: / 
>> Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist already  
>> exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to  
>> activate port dbus.
>> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: libgnomeui  
>> gnome-keyring gconf dbus dbus-glib orbit2 libidl libgcrypt libgpg- 
>> error libtasn1 libbonoboui gnome-vfs desktop-file-utils popt gnome- 
>> mime-data libbonobo libgnome esound audiofile ocaml
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>> I uninstalled dbus and tried again, but the same error message  
>> came up.
>> What can I do?
>
>
> Welcome to MacPorts!
>
> Had you previously installed or tried to install dbus-session  
> either with or without MacPorts? Something has placed the file / 
> Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist on your  
> hard drive and MacPorts doesn't think it did (though it could have,  
> and then failed before recording that fact). In any case, remove  
> that file and try again.
>