Michael Dickens

• Nicknames: michaelld
• E-Mail: michaelld AT macports.org

Michael has been programming since 1981 in various languages including assembly (6502, 680x0, PPC, x86 - notice a trend?), C, C++, MATLAB (now PyLab), Python, and SWIG. He has been a Mac user since entering ​MIT undergrad in 1986, and is currently finishing his PhD at the ​University of Notre Dame in the general topic area of software-defined radios. He has worked for ​BBN (1992 through 1997) and ​The MITRE Corporation (Fall 2001 through Spring 2005). He is a ​GNU Radio developer, having contributed the Mac OS X USB and audio interfaces as well as numerous other bug fixes and various parts of the build system.

Ports

[soon]

• science/gnuradio

Projects

Tickets

Assigned Tickets

#13640

qt4-mac conflicts with qt3 on /opt/local/bin/lrelease

#20309

qt4-x11 doesn't support 10.6 or later

#20986

qt4-x11 update to 4.7.0

#27826

py26-pyqt4 switch from mac to x11 dist for dbus support

#35827

qt4-mac-mysql55-plugin only installs debug library if qt4-mac is installed with +debug variant

#36410

Qt applications are blurry on MBP Retina

#36431

qt4-mac: macdeployqt shows errors when trying to copy in frameworks

#36497

qt4-mac @4.8.3_1 +quartz Unable to build on Tiger

#37356

octave-devel @ 3.6.3 -- can't use fltk toolkit

#37979

gnuradio: VOLK component suggests compiling with gcc

#38121

gnuradio @3.6.3, Revision 1 architecture mismatch

Reported Tickets

#16594

sdcc 2.8.0 does not compile on 10.5

#17020

Portfile for qwtplot3d

#17021

Patch for qwt to change header install location

#17074

Correct autoconf perl dependency (again)

#17780

Correct smpeg.m4 file

#17892

tuntaposx updates

#18116

Version bump for py25-lxml to 2.1.5

#18127

macclipboard-gimp and macfile-gimp can use incorrect compiler

#18128

Enhancement to distinguish between Apple and non-Apple compilers

#18860

qt4-mac & qt4-mac-devel incorrect use of 'tolower'

#19052

'selfupdate' fails if MacPorts' GCC installed, selected, and first in PATH

#20423

please create libusb-legacy

#22260

Bump GNU Radio from 3.2 to 3.2.2; add gnuradi-examples; fix for usrp port for libusb-legacy

#25268

Deactivate does not fully remove (some) empty directories

#25321

configure.env variables overwritten between pre-configure and configure stages

#25476

qt4-mac fails when 10.4 or 10.5 SDK not installed

#25686

Add crypto variants to openssl & use system zlib

#25705

Bump py26-sip to from 4.10.2 to 4.10.4

#26019

qtoctave-mac 0.9.1 conflicts with libquicktime

#26032

Patches for psi and psi-otr for augmented functionality

#26118

Upgrade ktorrent to 4.0.2

#26209

orc 0.4.7 build fails due to use of 'posix_memalign' of 10.5

#26247

Various libusb libraries have same base name; please make each unique

#27261

Bump py-pyqt4 to 4.8.1; add ccache support

#27383

Proposed CMake 2.8.3 Changes

#27618

subversion links to previous install

#28087

bump vigra to 1.7.1

#28586

Upgrade Qt to 4.7.2

#28620

jack: bump to 0.121.3

#29366

Upgrade qt4-mac to 4.7.3

#32517

qhull +debug post-destroot links wrong library

#37177

Fix mesa installed headers

#38298

Boost 1.53 Upgrade Failed: error: "platform not supported"

#38770

atlas 3.10.1_3 +gcc47 +universal fails to build

michaelld@macports On CC

#13640

qt4-mac conflicts with qt3 on /opt/local/bin/lrelease

#16271

e2fsprogs and ossp-uuid conflict on /opt/local/lib/libuuid.a

#16334

RFE: Make Python more Framework Friendly

#16594

sdcc 2.8.0 does not compile on 10.5

#16916

texlive_base failed to build

#17850

python25 -> installation bug on OS 10.5 -> bus error and IDLE crash

#18104

GnuRadio on Macports

#19051

port selfupdate: error in installing new macports base 1.7.1

#19190

py25-wxpython and py26-wxpython conflict

#19191

can't import wx module from py26-wxpython

#19192

py25-wxpython reports "wxPython/wxWidgets release mismatch" on import

#19233

python site-packages .pth handling

#19380

Missing dependency in py*-wxpython

#19397

scipy not completely universal

#19583

py26-wxpython wrongfully decides to build himself universal

#20037

py25-wxpython install failure

#20199

qt4-mac fails to build when conflicting ports are active

#20309

qt4-x11 doesn't support 10.6 or later

#20390

building qcadlib failed - Qt errors ?

#20924

OS X 10.6 with +no_x11 +quartz: Pango-WARNING **: shaping failure, expect ugly output

#20952

wxWidgets fails to build 64-bit

#21292

gnuradio-core does not compile on snow leopard

#21416

LaTeXiT does not build on x86_64

#21496

universal 32/64-bit wxwidgets-devel (2.9.0) Portfile

#21530

wxWidgets-devel and py26-wxpython universal portfiles

#21590

py27-sip, py26-sip, py25-sip, py-sip won't build universal

#21797

octave-3.2.2 needs FFLAGs='-ff2c' to use system BLAS (-framework Accelerate) with gcc43/gcc44

#21927

kdebase4-runtime build failure, missing header file

#22139

libquicktime: missing depency xorg-libXaw

#22144

"staging amarok into destroot" fails.

#22158

qtscriptgenerator fails to build

#22165

can't import py26-numpy without +no_atlas

#22360

py26-numpy won't build

#22563

psi build failure on 10.6 64-bit

#22731

py26-numpy built for wrong archs

#22762

qtpfsgui fails to build

#22801

pango, pango-devel +universal+no_x11+quartz fails to install on Snow Leopard x86_64

#22857

lprof install error

#23244

py26-numpy +universal configure or build does not like the -arch option passed to gcc-mp

#23438

building py25-wxpython on Snow Leopard

#23512

qt4-mac conflicts with kdelibs4 which depends on qt4-mac

#23515

qtscriptgenerator failed to build

#23533

py26-spyder command_exec build fails Mac OS 10.6

#23598

Python error activatin duplicity

#23663

running universal python2.6 with 'arch -i386' does not end up running 32-bit interpreter

#23687

gmp 5.0.1 +universal build fails on 10.5 ppc

#23708

wxgtk patch enhancement

#23712

python26 build failure

#23716

Amarok fails to build because it cannot find qtbindings

#23748

Build root against qt4-mac

#23765

Incomplete Python 2.6 installation (Snow leopard)

#23797

graphics/wxWidgets upgrade version from 2.8.9 to 2.8.10

#23847

py26-wxpython-2.8.9.1 build error

#23951

aqbanking: update to latest stable version

#24018

gsl1.13 breaks py-gsl and py25-gsl

#24161

QMK-Groundstation v 1.0.1

#24221

Building of stellarium 0.10.4 fails

#24350

proposed new Portfiles for wxWidgets and wxPython

#24490

py-wxpython build failure

#24674

cln: universal variant fails to build

#24736

LaTeXiT fails to install

#24841

stellarium-0.10.4 build fails when MacOSX10.4u SDK isn't installed

#24942

py26-numpy 1.4.1 undefined symbols in lapack_litemodule

#25009

install sqliteman => Could not find QScintilla library

#25178

klauncher does not work?

#25181

stellarium 0.10.5

#25310

sdcc does not build on 10.6.3

#25315

lprof @20090113 Build Error

#25319

qwt52 will not destroot: libqwt_designer_plugin.bundle not found

#25345

pkgconfig 0.25 is built with --enable-indirect-deps, causing breakage in apps that link against libsdl.

#25395

add gcc45 variant to py26-numpy

#25409

py26-numpy fails during 'port upgrade'

#25444

wxWidgets-python fails to build

#25475

cmake: libidn dependency should be depends_lib not depends_build

#25490

atlas: lapack.tgz checksum error

#25505

poppler tries to use qt3 but no dependency is declared

#25507

kdelibs4 undefined symbols "_png_set_longjmp_fn"

#25578

amarok doesn't run

#25620

cyrus-sasl2 upgrade/install problems

#25662

qrupdate: +atlas variant fails to build: undefined symbols

#25907

libvpx 0.9.1 fails to build on Leopard

#25939

libvpx: add universal variant

#25989

akonadi build fails due to presence of cdparanoia's include/utils.h

#26042

KDE 4.5.2

#26064

ncftp fails to build: conflicting types for getdomainname

#26079

octave 3.3.52 requested

#26117

py26-numpy-1.4.1 compile failure (-lgfortranbegin)

#26228

qwt52 install fails

#26361

wxGTK-2.8.11: Update to latest version

#26366

orc fails to build when installing opencv

#26410

wxwidgets-devel v2.9.1

#26419

py25-numpy fails to install on 10.6.4 snow leopard on macports

#26450

gdb does not work for debugging gcc45 C++ programs

#26829

please add py27-pyqwt

#26943

KDE4 apps ceased working after qt4-mac upgrade, and after a while configure would not find cmake and qmake

#26958

qscintilla build fails when tidy is installed

#26960

qtiplot 0.9.8.3_0 fails patch phase

#26977

qt4-mac configure segmentation fault when building i386

#26982

Suggesting a patch for kdelibs4

#27002

py26-numpy @1.5.0, Revision 1 - build failure

#27017

kdelibs4 Portfile references patches that no longer exist

#27041

phonon @4.4.2 Configure error - glib2 required

#27057

Doxygen 1.7.2 not building with +wizard

#27085

automoc does not build after qt4-mac upgrade

#27186

lprof @20090113 Failure configuring with QTASSISTANT

#27198

kdelibs4 unable to find phonon

#27205

kmymoney4 won't start

#27248

amarok - Qt qmake not found!

#27264

qtoctave-mac build fails when non-MacPorts Qt is in /Library/Frameworks

#27292

libphonon not referenced by full path from libkhtml

#27319

atlas: update needed for new lapack.tgz

#27352

kdesvn compilation

#27440

kipi-plugins @1.1.0 -> build Failure: Qmake not found

#27934

kdelibs4 uses kerberos5 libraries without declaring dependency

#27941

gputils 0.13.6 breaks sdcc pic16 build

#27942

sdcc @3.0.0 depends on gputils at runtime too

#27979

ports requiring libusb should allow libusb-devel to satisfy the dependency

#28007

py-pyqt4: xinstall: Cannot stat: ChangeLog, No such file or directory

#28045

lmms missing qt4-mac dependency

#28211

kdelibs4 conflicts with kdebase4-runtime

#28214

D-Bus call fails since upgrade to KDE 4.6.0

#28307

kdebase4 @4.6.0 Applications not available on console after installing

#28337

kdelibs4 @4.6.0_1 Build error

#28338

kdebase4 @4.6.0 - KDE applications don't start

#28494

kdelibs4 @4.6.0 +kdesdk4 on Tiger 10.4.11 PPC proxymodeltest Declaration errors - Build failure

#28592

qjackctl relies on qt4-x11, which doesn't build

#28741

kdelibs4 failed to build

#28765

klauncher once again causing trouble

#28773

Please add py32-pyqt4 port

#28793

Qxt

#29038

Applications installed by "port install kdebase4 +quartz +no_x11" will not open

#29102

automoc: Qt qmake not found!

#29144

kdelibs4: gives nonexistant /opt/local/include/QtCrypto to compiler

#29307

GNU Guile version 2 series

#29401

stellarium @0.10.5 Build error - file not found

#29439

qfsm @0.52.0 Build failure during configuration using CMake (qmake not found)

#29550

kdelibs4 @4.6.3: Undefined symbols _uncompress _compress

#29690

choqok fails to find qmake

#29734

amarok-devel does not find phonon

#29788

kdelibs4 update to 4.6.4

#29789

debug variant of kdelibs4 port is not debuggable

#29857

Incompatible library version: libQtGui.4.dylib requires version 45.0.0 or later, but libpng12.0.dylib provides version 44.0.0

#29880

kdesdk4 fails to upgrade: "poxml/GettextParser.cpp:1: error: 'er' has not been declared"

#30139

redland cannot be built while raptor is active

#30144

kdepimlibs4: configure fails to find Nepomuk

#30147

soprano fails to build with raptor2

#30206

mass change depends port:dbus to path:bin/dbus-daemon:dbus

#30290

qt4-mac fails to build under Lion

#30425

phonon @4.4.2 compile error on 10.7 with qt4-mac-devel @4.8.0

#30468

Redefinition error in kdebase4-runtime

#30493

Update kdegraphics4 to 4.7.0

#30497

kdelibs4 @4.7.0 build failure

#30512

kstars

#30575

marble does not install cmake file

#30578

KDE programs not starting (KDE 4.7.0)

#30631

kdegames4 tries to use non-standard OpenAL framework

#30642

kdelibs4 build error on lion

#30768

qt4-mac fails with clang++

#30819

clustalx: universal variant fails

#30962

Packages within pgf 2.10 not recognized by texlive path when installed

#30981

When trying to build kmymoney4 it hangs on virtuoso

#31024

update raptor raptor2 rasqal soprano redland

#31105

phonon vlc backend for amarok and kde apps

#31239

fix livecheck.url in some kde ports

#31355

kdesdk4: Umbrello not able to run

#31375

py27-pyqwt does not work anymore

#31436

Krdc missing from kdenetwork4

#31517

phonon update to 4.5.0

#31611

qt4-mac @4.7.4_0+debug+quartz fails to leave debug symbols in the resulting shared libraries

#31623

qt4-mac compilation fail on snow leopard

#31655

kde4-runtime build error

#31930

py27-pyside build fails with qt4-mac +framework

#31949

octave: new version of portgroup (octave 1.1)

#31960

kmymoney4(-devel) will not show their homepage correctly due to klauncher issue

#32062

omniORB @4.1.4 build error with clang

#32646

qtiplot 0.9.8.9 crashes on launch

#32703

Octave: New Portfile for Octave 3.5.91

#32806

kdelibs4's libkdeui.5.dylib references nonexistent libattica.0.dylib

#32894

Portfile for new Octave 3.6.0 attached

#33259

cmake portgroup: out of source build option, possibly by default

#33281

kde4-runtime @4.8.0 configure failure

#33323

qtiplot crashes when jobs are launched in terminal

#33395

qt4-mac @4.7.4_1+quartz libpng error

#33544

Change default gfortran/gcj dependency from gcc44 to gcc45

#33591

kdelibs4 fails to build when libxslt.dylib is a broken link

#33596

gnuplot: update to 4.6.0

#33965

qt4-mac runtime dyld symbol not found error

#34002

octave-gsl @1.0.8 is using gcc46 and shouldn't be

#34083

kdenline 0.8.2.1 won't build with qt4 v4.8 (qt4-mac-devel)

#34244

Error with sdcc29 on 10.6.8 - Xcode 4.2

#34271

python27 2.7.3_0 py27-gtk 2.22.0_1 etc -- pkg-config files not installed correctly for python 2.6 and 2.7 versions of pygtk and pygobject

#34284

kmymoney4(-devel) can't find phonon 4.6.0 library

#34378

kdelibs4: Building with Clang 3.2 fails

#34605

kdelibs4 @4.8.2_0 __KDE_HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY not defined in <prefix>/include/kdemacros.h

#34672

fltk, fltk-devel: fltk-config includes -arch flags

#34742

py27-sip fails to build after Lion upgrade

#34792

kdepim4: no member named 'hasSelection' in 'MessageViewer::MailWebView'; did you mean 'clearSelection'?

#34802

kde4-baseapps: Dolphin does not start

#34858

KDE 4.8.5

#34900

mythtv-core.25

#35074

liblzma can't be upgraded due to dep of kdelibs4

#35210

kdepim4: Parse error at "BOOST_JOIN"

#35321

kdelibs4 needs to depend no longer on liblzma

#35404

kdelibs4: error: use 'template' keyword to treat 'find' as a dependent template name

#35495

kdelibs4: error: use 'template' keyword to treat 'find' as a dependent template name

#35518

kdelibs4: ignoring file /Library/Frameworks//libjasper.framework/libjasper, missing required architecture

#35531

kdelibs4 @4.8.3_2 build failure

#35581

kde4 portgroup should not reinplace in binary files

#35643

kdelibs4: error: use 'template' keyword to treat 'find' as a dependent template name

#35740

qt4-x11 fails to build on Leopard/PowerPC

#35982

qt4-mac & Qt4 portgroup: clang spec for qmake

#36008

kdelibs4: Building failure

#36170

processing port libusb-legacy +universal failed Mac OS X 10.8.1

#36189

Failure installing ROOT with qt_mac variant

#36272

Building gwenhywfar4 fails with frameworks

#36356

kdiff3: configure fails with framework-only qt4-mac

#36407

octave-devel @3.6.3 install error

#36426

lmms: ZynAddSubFx.cpp:430: error: ‘QDir’ was not declared in this scope

#36542

ktorrent @3.3.4: error: reference to 'TorrentInterface' is ambiguous

#36552

kdelibs4: Automatic refreshment of kde cache

#36593

gnuradio-core: error: unknown directive .version "01.01"

#36706

py27-pyqt4: This version of PyQt requires SIP v4.13.3 or later

#36751

kdelibs4: does not respect startupitem.install

#36818

Amarok cannot play any audio files / phonon backend missing

#36971

phonon: in /opt/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib, file was built for unsupported file format which is not the architecture being linked

#37158

Finally Have gnuradio Installed; Runtime Error on Startup

#37288

Port failed to build gnuplot

#37331

qt5-mac

#37415

py27-numpy: cannot import numpy when built with atlas

#37604

doxygen and xorg-libxcb circular dependency

#37686

hdf5-18: Upgrade to latest & bump dependents

#38117

active_variants: allow multiple port names to be specified

#38193

stellarium: remove unused code

#38217

doxygen: Should not depend on graphviz

#38225

Error: Processing of port octave-devel failed

#38250

qtiplot isn't UsingTheRightCompiler

#38272

ostinato @0.5.1 needs --disable-dependency-tracking removed from its configure.universal_args

#38277

qt4-mac hanging on intsallation/update

#38280

RFE: add a qmake portgroup

#38694

octave @3.2.4 -- failure during build compiling oct-alloc.cc

#38721

py33-numpy fails to build universal

#38724

py*-scipy fail to upgrade to 0.12.0

#38730

octave-devel @3.6.3 GraphicsMagick limits images to 8 bits per pixel

#38750

py33-numpy fails installation into destroot - universal build problem

#38776

SuiteSparse @4.0.0 Linking error: no such file or directory: 'libcholmod.a'

#38838

Cannot add .qch files to QtCreator

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