gnome-terminal install fails due to dependency on coreutils::gmkdir

[nate.schley@…]

gnome-terminal repeatedly fails to install on fresh installation on macports until coreutils package is installed.

The gnome-terminal/main.log files includes the following consistently.

:info:destroot make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tar
balls_ports_gnome_gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal/work/gnome-terminal-3.12.3/src'
:info:destroot  /opt/local/bin/gmkdir -p '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarba
lls_ports_gnome_gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal/work/destroot/opt/local/bin'
:info:destroot /bin/sh: /opt/local/bin/gmkdir: No such file or directory
:info:destroot make[3]: *** [install-binPROGRAMS] Error 1
:info:destroot make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal/work/gnome-terminal-3.12.3/src'
:info:destroot make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
:info:destroot make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal/work/gnome-terminal-3.12.3/src'
:info:destroot make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
:info:destroot make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal/work/gnome-terminal-3.12.3/src'
:info:destroot make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

once I figured out the gmkdir = GNU mkdir, which is in core utils, which is apparently not installed by default, things went smoothly.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Please use WikiFormatting to make log and terminal output more readable and attach a copy of the full build log to the ticket. Also don't forget to CC the port maintainer for faster response.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

I haven't been able to reproduce your problem on OS X 10.8.5. The program to use for mkdir, $MKDIR_P, is determined by configure.

By examining config.log, I can confirm that it will use

MKDIR_P='/opt/local/bin/gmkdir -p'

if coreutils is installed but, if not, it uses

MKDIR_P='./install-sh -c -d'

on this OS X version.

The fact that your log shows

:info:destroot /bin/sh: /opt/local/bin/gmkdir: No such file or directory

makes me think that you had coreutils installed when configure ran but later deactivated/uninstalled it and did a build without running configure again. This could possibly occur if you didn't clean the port before building.

Please try again a clean build as follows:

$ sudo port deactivate coreutils
$ sudo port clean gnome-terminal
$ sudo port install gnome-terminal

and if it fails again, attach both the build log cited in the error message and config.log which can be found in the directory given by

port work gnome-terminal

Thanks