MacVim requires download of EnvyCodeR font during build phase

[scott.macports@…]

sudo port -v  install MacVim

fails on

curl http://download.damieng.com/latest/EnvyCodeR --location -o EnvyCodeR.zip

as that url does not appear to be available.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The URL is available; the port installs fine for me. However, your bug report points out that MacVim's Makefile uses curl to download a file; this is not proper behavior for MacPorts. We should download this file during the fetch phase, checksum it properly, and put it where MacVim wants it.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

...except that the notice on the ​author's web site says "These files are free to download and use from damieng.com but CAN NOT be redistributed either by other web sites or be included in your package, download, product or source repository at this time." So, screw it.

Scott, please try installing the port again. It works fine here. If it fails again, see if you can get to the download URL in a web browser.

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

Yes, the situation is not ideal. A possible solution could be to ship a pre-compiled icon set instead of generating these at build time, therefore eliminating the need to download the font.

[BlackFrog1]

The old url to download the EnvyCodeR was removed. A branch of the source has been patched to reflex that changed. I have created a patch to the current snapshot that can be used. Please find it attached.

[BlackFrog1]

Patch Envy Code R font download url

[BlackFrog1]

Cc Me!

[BlackFrog1]

Portfile patch to include update the URL for the Envy Code R font

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

Thank you for the patch. Build fix committed in r76470.

[robink@…]

Cc Me!

[rrbarbosa@…]

I have a related problem. The patch seems to work in the sense that the correct file is downloaded, but the downloaded files are not builded correctly in my machine:

touch Envy\ Code\ R\ Bold.ttf
make -C makeicns
cc -fpascal-strings -O2   -c -o makeicns.o makeicns.m
cc -fpascal-strings -O2   -c -o IconFamily.o IconFamily.m
cc -fpascal-strings -O2   -c -o NSString+CarbonFSRefCreation.o NSString+CarbonFSRefCreation.m
g++ -o makeicns makeicns.o IconFamily.o NSString+CarbonFSRefCreation.o -O2 \
	  -framework Foundation -framework AppKit -framework Carbon
/opt/local/bin/python2.7 make_icons.py /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_editors_MacVim/work/MacVim/src/MacVim/build/Release/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources
No module named AppKit
PyObjC not found, only using a stock icon for document icons.
Touch build/Release/MacVim.app
    cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_editors_MacVim/work/MacVim/src/MacVim
    /usr/bin/touch -c /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_editors_MacVim/work/MacVim/src/MacVim/build/Release/MacVim.app

I don't know if it is important, but the macvim wiki also notes that the icons should be built before macvim itself: ​https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/wiki/Building

[randomtoor@…]

Cc Me!

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

The font is no longer required, see ​upstream commit.