install coreutils after fresh install on Mavericks - fails

[dave@…]

First I removed /opt/local/

Then I installed MacPorts 2.2.1 from the .pkg file

Then

Tue 13:06:53 DaveAir.local yost /opt/local
0 209 Z% sudo /opt/local/bin/port selfupdate
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
MacPorts base version 2.2.1 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.2.1 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
--->  MacPorts base is already the latest version

The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you should run
  port upgrade outdated
Tue 13:07:22 DaveAir.local yost /opt/local
0 210 Z% sudo /opt/local/bin/port install coreutils +with_default_names
--->  Computing dependencies for coreutils
--->  Dependencies to be installed: autoconf m4 perl5 perl5.12 gdbm gettext expat libiconv ncurses automake gmp libtool xz
--->  Fetching archive for m4
--->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.16_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/m4
--->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.16_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from http://packages.macports.org/m4
--->  Installing m4 @1.4.16_0
--->  Activating m4 @1.4.16_0
--->  Cleaning m4
...
--->  Fetching archive for coreutils
--->  Attempting to fetch coreutils-8.21_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/coreutils
--->  Attempting to fetch coreutils-8.21_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/coreutils
--->  Attempting to fetch coreutils-8.21_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/coreutils
--->  Fetching distfiles for coreutils
--->  Attempting to fetch coreutils-8.21.tar.xz from http://distfiles.macports.org/coreutils
--->  Verifying checksums for coreutils
--->  Extracting coreutils
--->  Configuring coreutils
Error: Failed to configure coreutils, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_coreutils/coreutils/work/coreutils-8.21/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port coreutils returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port coreutils for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_coreutils/coreutils/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port coreutils failed
Tue 13:09:45 DaveAir.local yost /opt/local
1 211 Z% 

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please attach coreutils' main.log; without it we cannot diagnose why this failed.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Though my first guess would be that you haven't installed the Xcode command line tools by running xcode-select --install

[dave@…]

By gum, I thought I had installed the command line tools, but I guess not.

Might I suggest that macports could give a more apt error message?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

On prior OS X versions the MacPorts installer would alert you to this problem; I intend to fix the installer so it recognizes this problem on Mavericks as well.

[dave@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

On prior OS X versions the MacPorts installer would alert you to this problem; I intend to fix the installer so it recognizes this problem on Mavericks as well.

I misspoke. The best solution is not an error message. Macports should install the command line tools if it needs them and they are not installed.