expat activation fails

[flovko@…]

I just started messing around with terminal and ghostscript and i managed to mess up gettext. Can i fix this?

DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gettext
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gettext
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.0.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/archcheck-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port gettext.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port gettext.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port gettext.
DEBUG: Attempting ln -sf /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gettext/work /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gettext/work
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/expat
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: expat 2.0.1_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: expat 2.0.1_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: no version of expat is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/expat
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.0.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! expat 2.0.1_0 >= expat 2.0.1_0
--->  Computing dependencies for gettext
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libiconv
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libiconv
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/libiconv
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/libiconv
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.0.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libiconv.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port libiconv.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libiconv.
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: ncurses
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: ncurses
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncurses
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncurses
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.0.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port ncurses.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port ncurses.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port ncurses.
DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_10 provides darwin_10
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: expat
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: expat
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/expat
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/expat
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.0.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: gperf
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: gperf
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.0.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port gperf.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port gperf.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port gperf.
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: ncursesw
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: ncursesw
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncursesw
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncursesw
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.0.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port ncursesw.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port ncursesw.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port ncursesw.
DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_10 provides darwin_10
--->  Activating expat @2.0.1_0
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: expat libiconv gperf ncurses ncursesw
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
Frans-Computer:~ franciscolovko$ 

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

As per the instructions in the Guide, please remember to preview and use WikiFormatting, fill in the Port field, and cc the maintainer. Also please don't set the milestone field.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to flovko@…:

DEBUG: OS Version: 10.0.0

Please update to Mac OS X 10.6.2, a.k.a. Darwin 10.2.0.

DEBUG: No need to upgrade! expat 2.0.1_0 >= expat 2.0.1_0

It says expat 2.0.1_0 is installed...

---> Activating expat @2.0.1_0
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: expat libiconv gperf ncurses ncursesw

...but then it tries to activate expat and fails. Perhaps expat is installed but not active? I don't know why it wouldn't be able to activate it; MacPorts doesn't appear to have explained what error it encountered. Try uninstalling expat, cleaning it, and installing it again.

sudo port clean expat
sudo port -f uninstall expat
sudo port install expat

What port were you trying to install? gettext? Try cleaning that too before reattempting installation.

sudo port clean gettext

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Any further information here?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicates #24220, #24560, #24890.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #25526.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

The error output explaining why the activation failed wasn't being printed previously (that was fixed in r64007), but the recent dupes show that there were conflicting files. Unless someone demonstrates that something we control is incorrectly creating those files, there isn't anything to fix here.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

There is undoubtedly a third-party binary package out there, created using MacPorts mpkg, that is using /opt/local as its prefix, that includes expat, that these users have installed. So yes, it is for that third-party packager, whoever they are, to fix, by changing to a different prefix. I had planned to write up something in the ProblemHotlist about this since we've received so many duplicates about it already.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I've finally written this up in the ProblemHotlist.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicates #23786, #27653.