gd2 fails on perl5

[Eric Hall]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:16:46AM -0800, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
> 
> On Jan 13, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> >On Jan 13, 2009, at 01:54, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
> >
> >>On Jan 11, 2009, at 11:36 PM, Joshua Root wrote:
> >>
[snip]
> >>
> >>export PATH=~/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/ 
> >>sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/share/bin:/usr/local/php5/ 
> >>bin:$PATH
> >>export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:/usr/local/ch5.5.0/docs/man: 
> >>$MANPATH
> >
> >You should get /usr/share/bin out of that PATH statement.
> >
> >Also, remove /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin. It is not supported  
> >to have anything installed in the prefix /usr/local while using  
> >MacPorts; it causes problems for many ports. You should remove any  
> >software in /usr/local/{bin,include,lib,man,share} and install it  
> >using MacPorts instead. (Any other prefix, including any  
> >subdirectory of /usr/local, is fine; it's just /usr/local itself  
> >that's problematic. So there's no problem with keeping /usr/local/ 
> >php5/bin or /usr/local/mysql/bin in the PATH. Though php5 and mysql5  
> >are of course available through MacPorts as well.)
> 
> Macports versions and variants of mysql and php do not get me what I  
> need.
> 
> The use of /usr/local is so prevalent I'm surprised to hear that I  
> should not use /usr/local and macports at the same time. Seems  
> everything I build on freebsd using freebsd ports installs there to / 
> usr/local. Most unix software that isn't available using macports  
> installs to /usr/local.
> 
> If a macports package want's to use something outside /opt/local that  
> is available and fit's the need I think that's fine.
> 
> Is it possible to keep macports file writes confined to /opt/local  
> regardless of where the files it uses to build are located?
> 
> Do you have this file on your system which on mine is called called  
> from /etc/profile?
> /usr/libexec/path_helper
> This script reads paths to env from /etc/paths.
> 
> I don't ever remembering editing it but along with /bin and /usr/bin  
> was /usr/local/bin.
> 

	I think its impractical to expect people using macports to
never use /usr/local/{bin,sbin}.  There is a problem with some
ports automatically finding things installed under /usr/local,
and it is impractical to expect port authors to catch every
instance of that - that should be made clear to people (if it
isn't already).

	Also, if the MacPorts versions of software (mysql and php
as pointed out above) don't provided what you need, asking for
enhancements so that they do will (nominally) benefit you and
others, please file tickets (http://trac.macports.org) requesting 
such.



			-eric