Error installing policykit-gnome due to gconf schema issue

[David Evans]

On 10/22/10 10:22 AM, Drake, Richard R wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been trying to install policykit-gnome from scratch for a while now and
> for the last few weeks, get an error.  I wonder if someone knows a fix. Here
> is what I do:
>
>  % sudo port -f uninstall installed
>  % sudo port selfupdate
>  % sudo port install policykit-gnome
>
> It gets all through the dependencies but fails activating policykit-gnome.
> Here is the error:
>
> ...
> --->  Building gconf
> --->  Staging gconf into destroot
> --->  Installing gconf @2.28.1_0
> --->  Activating gconf @2.28.1_0
> --->  Cleaning gconf
> --->  Installing policykit-gnome @0.96_0
> --->  Activating policykit-gnome @0.96_0
> Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: shell command failed
> Log for policykit-gnome is at:
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.
> org_release_ports_gnome_policykit-gnome/main.log
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
>
>
> The end of the log file shows
>
> :debug:activate activating directory:
> /opt/local/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES
> :debug:activate activating file:
> /opt/local/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
> :debug:activate Executing
> proc-post-org.macports.activate-activate-0:info:activate I/O warning :
> failed to load external entity
> "/opt/local/etc/gconf/schemas/*.schemas":info:activate Failed to open
> `/opt/local/etc/gconf/schemas/*.schemas': No such file or directory
> :info:activate shell command "export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2
> --get-default-source` &&  gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule
> /opt/local/etc/gconf/schemas/*.schemas" returned error 1
> :error:activate Target org.macports.activate returned: shell command failed
> :debug:activate Backtrace: shell command failed
>     while executing
> "$post $targetname"
> :info:activate Warning: the following items did not execute (for
> policykit-gnome): org.macports.activate
> :notice:activate Log for policykit-gnome is at:
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.
> org_release_ports_gnome_policykit-gnome/main.log
>
>
> Anybody have ideas?  It seems like the trac ticket system requires an
> account now, so I don't know how to inform the package maintainers of a
> problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -rich
>
>
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Looks like there are no schema files to install.  Will take a look at
the port and see what's going on.

Dave