Opened 15 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

#21060 closed defect (duplicate)

installing gdal fails with coreutils+with_default_names

Reported by: jabronson@… Owned by: seanasy@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.8.0
Keywords: with_default_names Cc:
Port: gdal

Description

# port installed coreutils
The following ports are currently installed:
  coreutils @7.4_0+with_default_names
# which -a ln
/opt/local/bin/ln
/bin/ln
# port install gdal +curl +framework +geos +postgresql84 +sqlite3
...
--->  Staging gdal into destroot
...
ln -sfh Versions/Current/unix /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_science_gdal/work/destroot/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/unix
ln: invalid option -- h
Try `ln --help' for more information.
make: *** [install-actions] Error 1

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Indeed, BSD ln has a -h option while GNU ln does not. Install succeeded after I deactivated coreutils and tried again.

Change History (7)

comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by nerdling (Jeremy Lavergne)

Keywords: with_default_names added
Owner: changed from macports-tickets@… to seanasy@…
Port: gdal added

comment:2 Changed 15 years ago by tobypeterson

We really, really need to just remove that stupid variant.

comment:3 in reply to:  2 ; Changed 15 years ago by jabronson@…

Replying to toby@…:

We really, really need to just remove that stupid variant.

Do you mean make "with_default_names" the default when installing coreutils, or do you mean don't even allow it as a variant? I assume you mean the latter, since the former wouldn't help this bug much, though I'd be strongly -1 on removing default names altogether. (What's the point of installing coreutils if you have to remember to prefix everything you use on a daily basis with a g? It requires totally rewiring your brain, so it's just not an option.)

comment:4 in reply to:  3 Changed 15 years ago by seanasy@…

Replying to jabronson@…:

Replying to toby@…:

We really, really need to just remove that stupid variant.

Do you mean make "with_default_names" the default when installing coreutils, or do you mean don't even allow it as a variant? I assume you mean the latter, since the former wouldn't help this bug much, though I'd be strongly -1 on removing default names altogether. (What's the point of installing coreutils if you have to remember to prefix everything you use on a daily basis with a g? It requires totally rewiring your brain, so it's just not an option.)

I'm inclined to agree with toby. Are we to add complexity to every portfile to accommodate gnu coreutils? It's dangerous to have gnu coreutils without the 'g' which is why the variant comes with a warning and FreeBSD uses the 'g'.

Ports should be able to assume coreutils work a certain way and using the system versions makes sense.

Maybe, MacPorts can be modified to use the system utils exclusively. But, I don't think portfiles should be modified to take gnu coreutils into account unless MacPorts switches to using only gnu coreutils.

comment:6 Changed 15 years ago by blb@…

See also #20748.

comment:7 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Resolution: duplicate
Status: newclosed
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