[ale] OT: Mac OS X Leopard and MacPorts

Chris behrnetworks at gmail.com
Mon Jan 7 15:39:02 EST 2008


After installing the latest Xcode dev tools, I was able to get Wireshark
installed and working but not pine. Seems to be a crapshoot.




On Jan 7, 2008 1:21 PM, Sean McNealy <sean.mcnealy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had some trouble with macports after the upgrade from Tiger to
> Leopard.  Turns out the upgrade removes XCode as part of the install
> process, which includes your Mac C compiler and other very important
> tools.  After downloading that again (free with a free ADC login) and
> running a 'sudo port selfupdate', things started working again.
>
> Also of note is that it archives your entire /usr directory so if
> you're missing anything from there check '/Previous Systems'.
>
> -Sean
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2008 12:23 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I haven't upgraded to 10.5 yet; I'm waiting for the new MacBook Pros
> > to be released. I've been following the Macports user mailing list for
> > a while, though. I think it's really hit or miss as to what works and
> > what doesn't. I believe a majority of it works, but there are a few
> > random packages, and dependencies, that are either in flux or
> > out-of-date with a slow, or missing, maintainer. If it is a particular
> > package, you might try asking about it on the Macports user mailing
> > list.
> >
> > On Jan 6, 2008 4:12 PM, Chris <behrnetworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I know this isn't exactly Linux-related, but is anyone successfully
> > using
> > > MacPorts with Leopard?
> > > I can't seem to build anything! I'm running 10.5.1, fully patched and
> > up to
> > > date with MacPorts 1.6.0 and the
> > >  developer's tools off the install DVD. Anything I try to build errors
> > out
> > > for some reason or another. Any advice
> > > would greatly be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > James Sumners
> > http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
> >
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> > is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
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> >
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