slime 20080901_4 +app installation failure

[jrhope]

This is a variation of #16518. A clean install of slime on a new computer which has the emacs-app package installed, and does not have the emacs package installed, fails with the error mentioned in that ticket:

$ sudo port -d install slime +app +sbcl
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/slime
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/slime
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port slime.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port slime.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port slime.
DEBUG: Executing variant app provides app
DEBUG: Executing variant sbcl provides sbcl
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/aqua/emacs-app
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/aqua/emacs-app
DEBUG: Requested variant sbcl is not provided by port emacs-app.
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port emacs-app.
DEBUG: Requested variant app is not provided by port emacs-app.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port emacs-app.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port emacs-app.
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: emacs-app
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for emacs-app
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/aqua/emacs-app
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: emacs-app
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for emacs-app
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/sbcl
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/sbcl
DEBUG: Requested variant sbcl is not provided by port sbcl.
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port sbcl.
DEBUG: Requested variant app is not provided by port sbcl.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port sbcl.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port sbcl.
DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_9_i386 provides darwin_9_i386
DEBUG: Executing variant test provides test
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: sbcl
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for sbcl
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.main (slime)
--->  Fetching slime
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.fetch (slime)
DEBUG: Environment: CVS_PASSFILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_slime/work/.cvspass'
DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_slime/work" && echo anonymous | /usr/bin/cvs -z9 -f -d :pserver:anonymous@common-lisp.net:/project/slime/cvsroot login'
Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@common-lisp.net:2401/project/slime/cvsroot
CVS password: cvs login: warning: failed to open /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_slime/work/.cvspass for reading: No such file or directory
DEBUG: Environment: CVS_PASSFILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_slime/work/.cvspass'
DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_slime/work" && /usr/bin/cvs -z9 -f -d :pserver:anonymous@common-lisp.net:/project/slime/cvsroot co -D 20080901 slime'
cvs checkout: Updating slime
U slime/.cvsignore
U slime/ChangeLog
U slime/HACKING
U slime/NEWS
U slime/PROBLEMS
U slime/README
U slime/hyperspec.el
U slime/metering.lisp
U slime/mkdist.sh
U slime/nregex.lisp
U slime/sbcl-pprint-patch.lisp
U slime/slime-autoloads.el
U slime/slime.el
U slime/swank-abcl.lisp
U slime/swank-allegro.lisp
U slime/swank-backend.lisp
U slime/swank-clisp.lisp
U slime/swank-cmucl.lisp
U slime/swank-corman.lisp
U slime/swank-ecl.lisp
U slime/swank-gray.lisp
U slime/swank-lispworks.lisp
U slime/swank-loader.lisp
U slime/swank-openmcl.lisp
U slime/swank-sbcl.lisp
U slime/swank-scl.lisp
U slime/swank-source-file-cache.lisp
U slime/swank-source-path-parser.lisp
U slime/swank.asd
U slime/swank.lisp
U slime/test-all.sh
U slime/test.sh
U slime/xref.lisp
cvs checkout: Updating slime/contrib
U slime/contrib/ChangeLog
U slime/contrib/README
U slime/contrib/bridge.el
U slime/contrib/inferior-slime.el
U slime/contrib/slime-asdf.el
U slime/contrib/slime-autodoc.el
U slime/contrib/slime-banner.el
U slime/contrib/slime-c-p-c.el
U slime/contrib/slime-clipboard.el
U slime/contrib/slime-editing-commands.el
U slime/contrib/slime-fancy-inspector.el
U slime/contrib/slime-fancy.el
U slime/contrib/slime-fontifying-fu.el
U slime/contrib/slime-fuzzy.el
U slime/contrib/slime-highlight-edits.el
U slime/contrib/slime-indentation.el
U slime/contrib/slime-mdot-fu.el
U slime/contrib/slime-motd.el
U slime/contrib/slime-package-fu.el
U slime/contrib/slime-parse.el
U slime/contrib/slime-presentation-streams.el
U slime/contrib/slime-presentations.el
U slime/contrib/slime-references.el
U slime/contrib/slime-scheme.el
U slime/contrib/slime-scratch.el
U slime/contrib/slime-tramp.el
U slime/contrib/slime-typeout-frame.el
U slime/contrib/slime-xref-browser.el
U slime/contrib/swank-arglists.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-asdf.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-c-p-c.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-clipboard.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-fancy-inspector.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-fuzzy.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-goo.goo
U slime/contrib/swank-indentation.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-kawa.scm
U slime/contrib/swank-listener-hooks.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-mit-scheme.scm
U slime/contrib/swank-motd.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-package-fu.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-presentation-streams.lisp
U slime/contrib/swank-presentations.lisp
cvs checkout: Updating slime/doc
U slime/doc/.cvsignore
U slime/doc/Makefile
U slime/doc/slime-refcard.pdf
U slime/doc/slime-refcard.tex
U slime/doc/slime-small.eps
U slime/doc/slime-small.pdf
U slime/doc/slime.texi
U slime/doc/texinfo-tabulate.awk
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for slime
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.checksum (slime)
--->  Extracting slime
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.extract (slime)
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.patch (slime)
DEBUG: Executing proc-post-org.macports.patch-patch-0
--->  Configuring slime
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.configure (slime)
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: Registry error: emacs not registered as installed.
Warning: the following items did not execute (for slime): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Applying the changes in Portfile-slime.diff (equivalent to #16518's Portfile-slime.2.diff) fixes the problem with a clean install by checking

[ variant_isset app ]

before

[regexp carbon [join [registry_installed emacs]]]

in the if statement in the slime_emacs_binary assignment. It is calling [registry_installed emacs] which causes the error, "Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: Registry error: emacs not registered as installed.", so the safest thing to do is to check the variant setting first. The fundamental quirk here is that Cocoa Emacs (v23) is its own package (emacs-app) rather than a variant of the regular Emacs (v22) package; it'll be nice when GNU officially releases Emacs 23 so that emacs-app can be folded into emacs.

[jrhope]

avoids error during installation in conjunction with emacs-app

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Assigning to maintainer.

[easye]

Fixed by changeset:41759 with recommended patch from jrh AT theptgroup.com.

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Milestone Port Bugs deleted