Installing gimp2 fails due to gtk2 error: "Error: Unable to execute port: can't read "configure.universal_sysroot": no such variable"

[koch.manuel@…]

I'm newto macport and tried to install Gimp 2.6 on my Mac OS X 10.4. The following output was printed on the console when the error happened :

sudo port -d install gimp2 +universal
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/gimp2
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/gimp2
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port gimp2.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port gimp2.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port gimp2.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/gegl
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/gegl
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port gegl.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port gegl.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port gegl.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: gegl
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: gegl
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/aalib
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/aalib
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port aalib.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port aalib.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port aalib.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: aalib
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: aalib
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/curl
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/net/curl
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port curl.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port curl.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port curl.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: curl
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: curl
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/libart_lgpl
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/libart_lgpl
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libart_lgpl.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port libart_lgpl.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libart_lgpl.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libart_lgpl
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libart_lgpl
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/libexif
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/libexif
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libexif.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port libexif.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libexif.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libexif
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libexif
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/gnome/libgnomeui
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/gnome/libgnomeui
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libgnomeui.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port libgnomeui.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libgnomeui.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libgnomeui
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libgnomeui
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/libmng
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/libmng
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libmng.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port libmng.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libmng.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libmng
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libmng
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/gnome/librsvg
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/gnome/librsvg
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port librsvg.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port librsvg.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port librsvg.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: librsvg
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: librsvg
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/libwmf
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/libwmf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libwmf.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port libwmf.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libwmf.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libwmf
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: libwmf
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/perl/p5-xml-parser
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/perl/p5-xml-parser
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port p5-xml-parser.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port p5-xml-parser.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port p5-xml-parser.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: p5-xml-parser
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: p5-xml-parser
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/poppler
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/poppler
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port poppler.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port poppler.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port poppler.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Executing variant x11 provides x11
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: poppler
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: poppler
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/www/webkit-gtk
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/www/webkit-gtk
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port webkit-gtk.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port webkit-gtk.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port webkit-gtk.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: webkit-gtk
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: webkit-gtk
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/python/py25-gtk
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/python/py25-gtk
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port py25-gtk.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port py25-gtk.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port py25-gtk.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: py25-gtk
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: py25-gtk
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/babl
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/babl
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port babl.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port babl.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port babl.
DEBUG: Executing variant universal provides universal
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: babl
DEBUG: Didn't find receipt, going to depspec regex for: babl
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/x11/gtk2
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/x11/gtk2
DEBUG: can't read "configure.universal_sysroot": no such variable
    while executing
"configure.env-append    CUPS_CONFIG="${configure.universal_sysroot}/usr/bin/cups-config""
    invoked from within
"if {[variant_isset universal]} {
    configure.env-append    CUPS_CONFIG="${configure.universal_sysroot}/usr/bin/cups-config"
}"
    (file "Portfile" line 39)
    invoked from within
"source Portfile"
    invoked from within
"$workername eval source Portfile"
    (procedure "mportopen" line 46)
    invoked from within
"mportopen $porturl $options $variations"
    (procedure "mportdepends" line 62)
    invoked from within
"mportdepends $subport "" $recurseDeps $skipSatisfied $accDeps"
    (procedure "mportdepends" line 87)
    invoked from within
"mportdepends $mport $target"
    (procedure "mportexec" line 21)
    invoked from within
"mportexec $workername $target"
Error: Unable to execute port: can't read "configure.universal_sysroot": no such variable

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Assigning to maintainer.

[blb@…]

It appears that configure.universal_sysroot is currently a trunk-only variable, which makes some universal work difficult (I have a couple of updates for ports using this variable).

[nox@…]

r40678

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