trying to install slrn +ssl

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 6, 2010, at 00:26, LuKreme wrote:

> # port install slrn-devel +ssl
> [...]
> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_news_slrn-devel/work/slrn-0.9.9pre-69/src/snprintf.c:106: error: incompatible types in assignment
> make[1]: *** [/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_news_slrn-devel/work/slrn-0.9.9pre-69/src/objs/snprintf.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_news_slrn-devel/work/slrn-0.9.9pre-69" && /usr/bin/make -j4 all " returned error 2
> DEBUG: Backtrace: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_news_slrn-devel/work/slrn-0.9.9pre-69" && /usr/bin/make -j4 all " returned error 2
>    while executing
> "command_exec build"
>    (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 9)
>    invoked from within
> "$procedure $targetname"
> Warning: the following items did not execute (for slrn-devel): org.macports.activate org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Looks like http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21882


> I can build slrn +ssl, but that release is quite ancient (it's from 2004) as the current release is 0.9.9p1 (newer than the pre that ports is downloading which is from the summer of 2008, iirc).
> 
> 0.9.9 came out in aug 2008 and 0.9.9p1 in Oct 2008.

The request to update slrn to 0.9.9p1 is http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18463


The maintainer appears to be unresponsive to his tickets.