Error installing xorg-server

[theDaniel]

On May 22, 2012, at 2:58PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

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> On May 22, 2012, at 09:18, thedaniel at nifty-neat.com wrote:
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>> On 21/05/2012, at 10:19 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>>> On May 21, 2012, at 20:06, theDaniel wrote:
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>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>> 
>>>> New Macports user Question:
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>>>> An error is given when I try to install xorg-server 1.8.1_1:
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>>>> DEBUG: Searching for dependency: p5.12-locale-gettext
>>>> DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: p5.12-locale-gettext
>>>> Error: Dependency 'p5.12-locale-gettext' not found.
>>>> To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
>>>>   http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
>>>> Error: Processing of port xorg-server failed
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Run "sudo port selfupdate" to resync your ports and rebuild the port index. The port p5.12-locale-gettext definitely exists, and has for a long time.
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>> I did as you suggested, but I had to run "sudo port selfupdate" twice, to get rid that error. Now I get "Error: Processing of port xorg-server failed".
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>> I also tried installing quartz-wm. It also failed to install with the same: "Error: Processing of port quartz-wm failed". Is this error related to Xcode? I have the latest I know of for Tiger.
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> This should have nothing to do with the version of Xcode or the version of OS X. And you're right, Xcode 2.5 is the latest for Tiger. It should work fine; I run that on two machines for testing purposes.
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> Could you run "port version" just to verify that you are really running MacPorts 2.1.1?
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> And can you run your port installs with the debug switch and see if it shows any more information?
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> sudo port -d install xorg-server

Checking the port version verified it is indeed 2.1.1.

Tomorrow when I have more time, I'll try the "debug switch" suggestion.