id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,port 33185,transfig: error: empty character constant,lesn0011@…,macports-tickets@…,"Using OS Lion with iMac i7 Quad Core Here is the terminal screen: {{{ $ sudo port install arb Password :---> Computing dependencies for arb ---> Dependencies to be installed: xfig transfig xorg-libXaw groff psutils texinfo ---> Configuring transfig Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: xmkmf failure: shell command failed (see log for details) Error: Failed to install transfig Log for transfig is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_transfig/transfig/main.log Error: The following dependencies were not installed: xfig transfig xorg-libXaw groff psutils texinfo Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. }}} Here is the log for transfig: {{{ more /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_transfig/transfig/main.log version:1 :debug:main changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0 :debug:main egid changed to: 501 :debug:main euid changed to: 507 :debug:main Executing org.macports.main (transfig) :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root. :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (transfig) :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root. :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (transfig) :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root. :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (transfig) :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root. :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (transfig) :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root. :debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.patch (transfig) :debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root. :debug:configure configure phase started at Tue Feb 7 17:02:02 PST 2012 :notice:configure ---> Configuring transfig :debug:configure Using compiler 'Mac OS X clang' :debug:configure Executing org.macports.configure (transfig) :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_print_transfig/transfig/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_print_transfig/transfig/work/transfig.3.2.5d"" && xmkmf' :debug:configure Executing command line: cd ""/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_transfig/transfig/work/transfig.3.2.5d"" && xmkmf :info:configure mv -f Makefile Makefile.bak :info:configure imake -DUseInstalled -I/opt/local/lib/X11/config :info:configure In file included from Imakefile.c:15: :info:configure In file included from /opt/local/lib/X11/config/Imake.tmpl:316: :info:configure /opt/local/lib/X11/config/Imake.rules:1674:27: error: empty character constant :info:configure for flag in ${MAKEFLAGS} ''; do \ @@\ :info:configure ^ :info:configure In file included from Imakefile.c:15: :info:configure /opt/local/lib/X11/config/Imake.tmpl:2144:10: fatal error: ' X11 .rules' file not found :info:configure #include ProjectRulesFile :info:configure ^ :info:configure /opt/local/lib/X11/config/Imake.tmpl:2142:27: note: instantiated from: :info:configure # define ProjectRulesFile Concat3(<,TopLevelProject,.rules>) }}} ",defect,closed,Normal,,ports,2.0.3,duplicate,,ryandesign,transfig