auctex @12.1: tex.el:0:0: error: wrong-type-argument: (stringp nil)

[rsmacleod (Rob MacLeod)]

--->  Building auctex
Error: Failed to build auctex: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/main.log for details.

and from the log file:

:info:build Exit code: 2
:error:build Failed to build auctex: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 54493 2
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
:debug:build     while executing
:debug:build "system {*}$notty {*}$nice $fullcmdstring"
:debug:build     invoked from within
:debug:build "command_exec build"
:debug:build     (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 8)
:debug:build     invoked from within
:debug:build "$procedure $targetname"

Full error log attached.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please use WikiFormatting.

Please attach the main.log file listed in your output.

[rsmacleod (Rob MacLeod)]

Log file attached. Thanks, Rob

[MaurizioLoreti]

Me too:

Error: Failed to build auctex: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/main.log for details.

End of log file:

:info:build Output written on preview.pdf (8 pages, 170739 bytes).
:info:build Transcript written on preview.log.
:info:build make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-12.1/latex'
:info:build make: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-12.1'
:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-12.1" && /usr/bin/make -j8 -w all 
:info:build Exit code: 2
:error:build Failed to build auctex: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 28579 2
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
:debug:build     while executing
:debug:build "system {*}$notty {*}$nice $fullcmdstring"
:debug:build     invoked from within
:debug:build "command_exec build"
:debug:build     (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 8)
:debug:build     invoked from within
:debug:build "$procedure $targetname"
:error:build See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/main.log for details.

[rsmacleod (Rob MacLeod)]

Tried again today and got a new error, seems like a fairly trivial one?

:info:build make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-12.1/latex'
:info:build make: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-12.1'
:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-12.1" && /usr/bin/make -j12 -w all 
:info:build Exit code: 2
:error:build Failed to build auctex: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 20478 2
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed