Stumbling blocks : working towards install of MacPorts xorg-server, quartz and more

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Have decided to begin the process to upgrade everything that is installed and then add the MP ports that I want to use. Started with simply trying to upgrade existing: Second item on list is babl, following is output from "sudo port upgrade babl"

Gulliver:~ aszy$ sudo port upgrade babl Password: Warning: Skipping upgrade since boehmgc 7.1_0 >= boehmgc 7.1_0, even though installed variants "" do not match "+darwin_10". Use 'upgrade --enforce-variants' to switch to the requested variants. Warning: Skipping upgrade since ncursesw 5.7_0 >= ncursesw 5.7_0, even though installed variants "" do not match "+darwin_10". Use 'upgrade --enforce-variants' to switch to the requested variants. Warning: Skipping upgrade since ncurses 5.7_0 >= ncurses 5.7_0, even though installed variants "" do not match "+darwin_10". Use 'upgrade --enforce-variants' to switch to the requested variants. ---> Computing dependencies for glib2 ---> Configuring glib2 Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_glib2/work/glib-2.22.2" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --enable-static " returned error 1 Command output: checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.2... (cached) gcc3 checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -E checking for c++... /usr/bin/g++-4.2 checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether /usr/bin/g++-4.2 accepts -g... yes checking dependency style of /usr/bin/g++-4.2... gcc3 checking for gcc... (cached) /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.2... (cached) gcc3 checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 and cc understand -c and -o together... yes checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no checking for pkg-config... /opt/local/bin/pkg-config checking for gawk... (cached) awk checking for perl5... /opt/local/bin/perl checking for indent... indent checking for /opt/local/bin/perl... /opt/local/bin/perl checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.4... python checking for python... /opt/local/bin/python checking for python version... 2.5 checking for python platform... darwin checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.5/site-packages checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.5/site-packages checking for iconv_open... no checking for libiconv_open in -liconv... no checking for iconv_open in -liconv... no configure: error: * No iconv() implementation found in C library or libiconv

Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

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Subsequently I performed the following:

Gulliver:~ aszy$ port search libiconv libiconv @1.13 (textproc)

Character set conversion library

php5-iconv @5.3.0 (php, textproc)

a PHP interface to the libiconv character encoding conversion functions

Found 2 ports.

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then

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Gulliver:~ aszy$ sudo port install libiconv ---> Computing dependencies for libiconv ---> Cleaning libiconv Gulliver:~ aszy$

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and ran the upgrade again, with complaints about libiconv, iconv_open

I am getting increasingly frustrated that at every step to get a MacPort up and running, I am getting a roadblock. I appreciate the nature of the MacPort system, and I really don't think that I am doing anything unique. I have at least 30 more upgrades to go before I actually start on the dependencies tree for the actual applications that I want to run. More than anything, I would like guidance as to how to a) recognize what is going wrong, and b) how to solve these without having to post a ticket every time. I cannot imagine that you all ( thanks to you all by the way ) really want to spend your time tracking these "bugs" any more than I do. Running MacBook Pro, Snow Leopard, latest Xcode, latest MacPorts listing. Thanks, Al