failed to install db46 (for git-core)

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 28, 2010, at 18:22, Kevin Layer wrote:

> Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> 
>>> 
>>> On Nov 28, 2010, at 12:03, Kevin Layer wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 4 days ago this worked.  2 days ago I got this.  Same hardware,
>>>> different Mac OS X installs, which are idential (fully up to date,
>>>> etc).
>>>> 
>>>> Mac OS X Server 10.6.5, Intel.  Latest Xcode.  Macports 1.9.2.
>>>> 
>>>> bash-3.2# port install git-core
>>>> --->  Computing dependencies for git-core
>>>> --->  Dependencies to be installed: python26 db46 gdbm readline sqlite3 rsync popt
>>>> --->  Configuring db46
>>>> Error: db46 requires the Java for Mac OS X development headers.
>>>> Error: Download the Java Developer Package from: <https://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wa/getSoftware?bundleID=20719>
>>> 
>>> Follow the instructions given above.
>>> 
> 
> OK.  But... what changed that made this necessary?  The build I did on
> Wednesday didn't need it, but the rebuild of the machine on Friday
> did.

Apple's most recent security update prior to Mac OS X 10.6.5 (presumably included in 10.6.5 also) deletes a file that was previously part of the OS, and is now only part of that development package. We don't know why Apple made this change, only that db46 and a handful of other ports break without it, so we detect this and advise you how to fix it.