xorg-libXext: error: must install xorg-macros 1.12 or later before running autoconf/autogen

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:debug:main changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
:debug:main egid changed to: 501
:debug:main euid changed to: 502
:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (xorg-libXext)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (xorg-libXext)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (xorg-libXext)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (xorg-libXext)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (xorg-libXext)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.patch (xorg-libXext)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:configure configure phase started at Sun Jul  1 00:53:00 CST 2012
:notice:configure --->  Configuring xorg-libXext
:debug:configure Using compiler 'Mac OS X clang'
:debug:configure Executing org.macports.configure (xorg-libXext)
:debug:configure Environment: CPATH='/opt/local/include' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS_FILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_xorg-libXext/xorg-libXext/work/.CC_PRINT_OPTIONS' LIBRARY_PATH='/opt/local/lib' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS='YES' MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.7'
:debug:configure Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_xorg-libXext/xorg-libXext/work/libXext-1.3.1" && autoreconf --install -fvi'
:debug:configure Executing command line:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_xorg-libXext/xorg-libXext/work/libXext-1.3.1" && autoreconf --install -fvi 
:info:configure autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
:info:configure autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
:info:configure autoreconf: running: aclocal --force 
:info:configure configure.ac:18: error: must install xorg-macros 1.12 or later before running autoconf/autogen
:info:configure configure.ac:18: the top level
:info:configure autom4te: /usr/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 1
:info:configure aclocal: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
:info:configure autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
:info:configure Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_xorg-libXext/xorg-libXext/work/libXext-1.3.1" && autoreconf --install -fvi 
:info:configure Exit code: 1
:error:configure org.macports.configure for port xorg-libXext returned: autoreconf failure: command execution failed
:debug:configure Error code: NONE
:debug:configure Backtrace: autoreconf failure: command execution failed
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: targets not executed for xorg-libXext: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:error:configure Failed to install xorg-libXext
:debug:configure couldn't open "/System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources/tclIndex": no such file or directory
    while executing
"open [file join $dir tclIndex]"
:notice:configure Please see the log file for port xorg-libXext for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_xorg-libXext/xorg-libXext/main.log

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logfile attached

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please remember to use WikiFormatting, to fill in the Port field, and to Cc the maintainer of that port.

[kuenstler@…]

I had a similar problem and solved it by doing the following in a terminal

cd /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources
sudo ln -s Scripts/tclIndex .

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

I can't reproduce this. Could you please clean and generate a complete log?