[tex-live] Compile error on OSX

Kyle Husmann kyle.husmann at gmail.com
Mon Jun 23 18:43:59 CEST 2008


Mystery solved:

http://trac.macports.org/wiki/ProblemHotlist#a3.Aportfailedtobuildwithamessagereferringto1lib:Nosuchfileordirectory

Thanks for all your help.

Kyle

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:42 AM, George N. White III <gnwiii at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Kyle Husmann <kyle.husmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for all the replies.  It sounds like a macports issue, so I'll
>> send a ticket there.
>
> I just tried "port install texlive_base" on an iMac with Leopard, and
> the compile
> didn't run into any problem, so there is something very strange wrong with your
> build
>
> $ pwd
> /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_tex_texlive_base/work/texlive_base-2007/texk/xdvik
> $ grep x_ldflags Makefile
> x_ldflags= -L/usr/X11/lib
> x_link = $(LDLIBT1) $(x_ldflags) $(x_tool_libs) $(x_xmu_lib) -lXt
> $(x_pre_libs) $(x_ext_lib) $(x_xpm_libs) -lX11 $(x_extra_libs)
>
>
>>
>> Thanks for your fast responses!
>>
>> Kyle
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 9:39 AM, George N. White III <gnwiii at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:48 AM, Kyle Husmann <kyle.husmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I just compiled texlive using macports on OSX, and found an error in
>>>> one of the Makefiles.  It was giving me this compile error:
>>>
>>> Given that TL2008 is being tested, you might consider
>>> just getting that if your system is supported.  If you are
>>> installing texlive because some package depends on
>>> it, you might find a way to override the dependencies.
>>>
>>> Which version of OSX and what hardware are you using?
>>>
>>> It isn't clear to me where you got texlive.  Are you talking
>>> about the version from port install texlive?  For those not
>>> familiar with macports, it is a system that stores build
>>> scripts (called port files).  When you install a package, the
>>> sources are downloaded, patches applied, and configure,
>>> make, make install or some such are run.  For MacPorts,
>>> the patches from the BSD port of TL2007 are used.
>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>> I fixed it by editing texlive_base-2007/texk/xdvik/Makefile
>>>>
>>>> I changed the line that read:
>>>>
>>>> x_ldflags=-L/usr/lib/ruby 1 -L/usr/X11/lib
>>>>
>>>> to:
>>>>
>>>> x_ldflags=-L/usr/lib/ruby -L/usr/X11/lib
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, hope that helps someone, and that I am reporting this in the
>>>> right place.  Please let me know!
>>>
>>> If you are using the macports build system, then this looks like a problem
>>> in either the port file or the BSD port of tl2007 by Edd Barrett and you
>>> should report the problem on the macports user list.
>>>
>>> --
>>> George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
>>> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
>


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