pango @1.30.1: Can't build on Mountain Lion due to libpng14.la error

[josh@…]

When I try to build pango, I get this error:

info:build libtool: link: cannot find the library `/opt/local/lib/libpng14.la' or unhandled argument `/opt/local/lib/libpng14.la'

See attached build log.

[ci42]

This was not a clean attempt. Please try again and attach the log file if it fails:

$ sudo port selfupdate
$ sudo port clean pango
$ sudo port install pango

The problem with libpng should have been fixed in r97306.

In the future please remember to cc the maintainer.

[josh@…]

Still fails, with the same error. Attached the new log file. Thanks for the reminder about Ccing the maintainer, and thanks for doing it for me (well, setting the owner appropriately instead) this time.

[josh@…]

log file after doing the three commands suggested by ciserlohn

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I believe that some dependency of pango (not pango itself) needs to be rebuilt to learn about libpng 1.5. Do you have any other outdated ports shown by "port outdated"? If so, "sudo port upgrade" some other ports first, then come back to pango later.

[josh@…]

Ryan - Thank you, that fixed it.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I don't suppose you have any idea which package was causing the problem? Which ports did you have to upgrade?

[josh@…]

I deleted MacPorts and started over. :-)

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

That would do it. Unfortunately it gets us no closer to figuring out how we can prevent other users from experiencing the same problem. If anyone has further information on that, feel free to re-open.