Error: Failed to install p5.12-locale-gettext

[Kerry Clendinning]

Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign <at> macports.org> writes:

> 
> 
> On Jan 5, 2012, at 11:32, Andreas Wagner wrote:
> 
> > :info:configure checking for gettext... no
> > :info:configure checking for gettext in -lintl...gettext function not found.
Please install libintl
> at Makefile.PL line 18.
> 
> Looks like the same issue we've seen reported dozens of times before. Search
the issue tracker and mailing
> list archives. If anyone can come up with a solution that will fix this once
and for all I'd sure be grateful.
> 
> 


I'm brand new to macports, so don't shoot if my suggestion is hogwash, but I got
around the above error with this change in macports.conf:

macportsuser            root