Ticket #14386 (new defect)
Xfig complains an old app-defaults
| Reported by: | citan_u@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 1.6.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | dkubas@…, and.damore@…, egall@… | |
| Port: | xfig |
Description
Installed Xcode 3 and macports on a completely new leopard install. Then simply did port install xfig
xfig runs, but complains about an old version of app-defaults being installed and warns about reduced functionalities.
Change History
comment:1 Changed 5 years ago by jmr@…
- Owner changed from macports-tickets@… to pguyot@…
- Milestone set to Port Bugs
comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by michael.sabielny@…
Hi,
I have found something interesting on this issue on this website: http://epb.lbl.gov/xfig/installation.html
, though not really related to xfig on Darwin.
The key is to use the environment variable XAPPLRESDIR in the shell: export XAPPLRESDIR=/opt/local/lib/X11/app-defaults. After that it (temporarily) worked. I suggest to include the export statement into .profile.
Cheers, thorium90
comment:3 in reply to: ↑ description ; follow-up: ↓ 6 Changed 5 years ago by bcbarnes@…
This problem still exists with macports 1.6.0 and OS X 10.5.5 (intel). xfig 3.2.5. exact error message upon starting xfig:
"Either you have a very old app-defaults file installed (Fig), or there is none installed at all. You should install the correct version or you may lose some features. This may be done with 'make install' in the xfig source directory."
Going to the xfig source directory in /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/xfig/files does not help; make install does nothing there.
The XAPPLRESDIR suggestion above did work to fix the problem. Can the port take care of this by default, perhaps by hardcoding by default?
Does this affect any other X11 apps?
comment:4 Changed 4 years ago by pguyot@…
- Owner changed from pguyot@… to macports-tickets@…
Dropped maintainship in r50138.
comment:6 in reply to: ↑ 3 Changed 4 years ago by dkubas@…
If you used fink to install try to source /sw/bin/init.sh or source /sw/bin/init.csh . That set the environment correctly for me (OS X 10.5.8) and Xfig 3.2 ran smoothly without that startup complaint.
Good Luck!
Replying to bcbarnes@…:
This problem still exists with macports 1.6.0 and OS X 10.5.5 (intel). xfig 3.2.5. exact error message upon starting xfig:
"Either you have a very old app-defaults file installed (Fig), or there is none installed at all. You should install the correct version or you may lose some features. This may be done with 'make install' in the xfig source directory."
Going to the xfig source directory in /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/xfig/files does not help; make install does nothing there.
The XAPPLRESDIR suggestion above did work to fix the problem. Can the port take care of this by default, perhaps by hardcoding by default?
Does this affect any other X11 apps?
Assigning to maintainer.