git-core fails to build with msgfmt not found

[shreevatsa.public@…]

Trying to sudo port -vd install git-core, I find it fails for some strange reason. The last few lines are:

--->  Building git-core with target all gitweb/gitweb.cgi
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.build (git-core)
DEBUG: Environment: CFLAGS='-Wall -O2 -I/opt/local/include' LDFLAGS='-L/opt/local/lib'
DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_git-core/work/git-1.5.4.3" && make all gitweb/gitweb.cgi prefix=/opt/local CURLDIR=/opt/local OPENSSLDIR=/opt/local ICONVDIR=/opt/local PERL_PATH="/usr/bin/env perl" NO_FINK=1 NO_DARWIN_PORTS=1'
    SUBDIR git-gui
    SUBDIR gitk-git
Generating catalog po/de.msg
msgfmt --statistics --tcl po/de.po -l de -d po/
make[1]: msgfmt: Command not found
make[1]: *** [po/de.msg] Error 127
make: *** [all] Error 2
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_git-core/work/git-1.5.4.3" && make all gitweb/gitweb.cgi prefix=/opt/local CURLDIR=/opt/local OPENSSLDIR=/opt/local ICONVDIR=/opt/local PERL_PATH="/usr/bin/env perl" NO_FINK=1 NO_DARWIN_PORTS=1 " returned error 2
Command output:     SUBDIR git-gui
    SUBDIR gitk-git
Generating catalog po/de.msg
msgfmt --statistics --tcl po/de.po -l de -d po/
make[1]: msgfmt: Command not found
make[1]: *** [po/de.msg] Error 127
make: *** [all] Error 2

I have msgfmt in /opt/local/bin/msgfmt, and /opt/local/bin in my PATH, but it's possible the build process starts a new shell which cannot find it?

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Cc maintainer.

[shreevatsa.public@…]

Please close this ticket; it was a mixup at my end with the binpath variable in macports.conf. Sorry!

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