emacs-mac-app port build failure

[Sean Farley]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Lawrence Velázquez <larryv at macports.org> wrote:
> On Feb 14, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Marion Dumas <mariouka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I wanted to de-install and re-install Emacs on my mac (10.5.8). I de-installed Emacs.app by simply deleting the contents. I then downloaded the emacsformac dmg installer but it just doesn't work: the application crashes at launch. I tried installing through macports and it fails to build.
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>> Error: org.macports.build for port emacs-mac-app returned: command execution failed Please see the log file for port emacs-mac-app for details:
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>>  Error: Processing of port emacs-mac-app failed
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> You should file a ticket for this. Attach the main.log.
>
> http://guide.macports.org/chunked/project.html#project.tickets

Yes, please do, Marion. That would help us keep track of issues with
repository history.

>> After that, I tried looking for other emacs related files on my computer in case they were conflicting with the new ones (so removing /usr/bin/emacs and /usr/share/emacs), but that didn't help.
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>> Thanks for any tips! I am befuddled
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> You can start by ceasing your haphazard rampage through your system. You just deleted the system emacs. Hope you didn't use "rm".

Yes, totally agree with Lawrence here!