unable to install Alpine on Max OS X

[dushanm at spinn.net]

Scott Webster writes:
> 
> There seems to be a proposed workaround posted at the ticket
> (http://trac.macports.org/ticket/24954).  Did you try editing the
> portfile and using the without_tcl variant?

Scott, thank you for letting me know about all this - I'd been unaware. 

And yes, it seems to have installed for me too with that work-around.
Now to play with it and see it in operation. 

 - Dushan