Opened 14 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

#27529 closed defect (invalid)

Cannot install swig

Reported by: raramayo (Rodolfo Aramayo) Owned by: kevin@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.9.2
Keywords: Cc: jyrkiwahlstedt
Port: swig

Description

When I give the command, I get the following error:

>sudo port install swig
--->  Computing dependencies for swig[[BR]]

Error: reinplace: /usr/local/bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 26: Invalid character class name[[BR]]

Error: Target org.macports.patch returned: reinplace sed(1) failed
Log for swig is at: /opt/local/var/macports[[BR]]
/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_swig/main.log[[BR]]

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.[[BR]]

To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>[[BR]]


I installed sed in /usr/local/bin following standard procedures...and gsed using ports...

Any ideas? THANKS!!

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Cc: jwa@… added
Owner: changed from macports-tickets@… to kevin@…
Port: swig added

Please remember to fill in the Port field and cc the maintainer.

AFAICT this could only happen if you built base from source and either explicitly chose this non-working sed or had /usr/local/bin first in your PATH. So the solution is simply "don't do that".

comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed

It is not supported to have anything installed in /usr/local while using MacPorts, due to interference that typically results, such as that which you experienced here. Remove (or rename) /usr/local, clean the affected port (sudo port clean swig) and try again.

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