Bug in gimp-gap

[simon.ravelingien@…]

I wanted to install the port gimp-gap, but if failed because 'Failed to locate xz in path'. So I installed the port xz first and then this problem was solved.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

gimp-gap doesn't use port xz at all but some of its dependencies do (tiff, libxml2) but, without a copy of your build log, it's really impossible to tell where your reported error is coming from.

I tried doing a clean install of gimp-gap, myself, xz was installed as part of the process and all built properly.

I suspect that xz was inadvertantly deactivated or uninstalled on your system but at any rate your fix for the error was appropriate.

[simon.ravelingien@…]

Replying to devans@…:

gimp-gap doesn't use port xz at all but some of its dependencies do (tiff, libxml2) but, without a copy of your build log, it's really impossible to tell where your reported error is coming from.

I tried doing a clean install of gimp-gap, myself, xz was installed as part of the process and all built properly.

I suspect that xz was inadvertantly deactivated or uninstalled on your system but at any rate your fix for the error was appropriate.

How can I get a copy of my build log? (I'm just new here :) )

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

First uninstall gimp-gap and its dependencies so you can replicate the original conditions.

sudo port uninstall --follow-dependencies gimp-gap

Then clean gimp-gap and do a fresh build

sudo port clean gimp-gap
sudo port install gimp-gap

If the build fails again, you can find the path to the build log (main.log) by using this command

port logfile gimp-gap

Then attach main.log to this ticket using the 'Attach file' button above so we can see what happened. Let us know the results of this test either way.

Thanks.

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

This typically happens when a port has a fetch-dependency on xz, but MacPorts skips it because it went into archive download mode (for which no fetch or build dependencies are needed) and failed to fetch the archive for some reason.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Replying to ionic@…:

This typically happens when a port has a fetch-dependency on xz, but MacPorts skips it because it went into archive download mode (for which no fetch or build dependencies are needed) and failed to fetch the archive for some reason.

But not likely for gimp-gap since the dependencies tiff and libxml2 mentioned above both have library dependencies on xz. So, if there is a problem of the type you mention, it is with one of the recursive dependencies not gimp-gap.

[simon.ravelingien@…]

Replying to devans@…:

First uninstall gimp-gap and its dependencies so you can replicate the original conditions.

sudo port uninstall --follow-dependencies gimp-gap

Then clean gimp-gap and do a fresh build

sudo port clean gimp-gap
sudo port install gimp-gap

If the build fails again, you can find the path to the build log (main.log) by using this command

port logfile gimp-gap

Then attach main.log to this ticket using the 'Attach file' button above so we can see what happened. Let us know the results of this test either way.

Thanks.

The installations didn't fail, maybe I have to uninstall 'xz' first? I followed your whole proces, so I don't have a log file neither.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Problem still not reproducable at this point. Closing as works for me.