Howdy Bob, On Feb 20, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Bob Harris wrote:

Howdy,

Tried to install HUGS for the first time, using DarwinPorts. My machine is an intel iMac running OSX 10.4.8. I have used DarwinPorts before, and I updated it to the latest version before attempting to install HUGS.

I followed the instructions on http://hugs98.darwinports.com/ , except that I changed them per the fact that my ports are stored in /opt/var/local/db/pports instead of the /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports shown in the instructions.

My first attempt to install HUGS took something like 20 minutes as it downloaded and built dependent packages. I had used the -d option to port which showed me too much info, but one of the last things it showed me was "---> cleaning hugs98", and the suggested commands such as "man hugs98" fail, so I conclude that it didn't install properly. Subsequent attempts (sudo port -d install hugs98) give me the detail shown at the end of this message. I am particularly suprised by "Requested variant darwin is not provided by port hugs98".

Try just "man hugs". From the log you included below, everything looks as if it installed correctly. The message "---> cleaning hugs98" is generated after a successful install as macports (the new name for darwinports) cleans up after itself. Did you try typing "hugs" at the command prompt? The "requested variant" stuff is just the macports infrastructure checking if there is architecture specific information in the port file. In the case of hugs, there isn't any. (You're trying to build on the OS X implementation of Darwin --- variants macosx and darwin in the log --- running on an i386 architecture.) "Request variant darwin not provided by port hugs98" just means that the portfile has no special instructions for configuring hugs98 on darwin; rather the hugs98 software distribution itself can figure out what to do in this case. If you want to see a more complicated portfile that handles all kinds of special cases, have a look at the ghc portfile. Best Wishes, Greg

The path .../dports/sources/ rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/language/hugs98 exists on my machine. If I delete it and attempt to reinstall, will I see anything different?

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for any help, Bob H

DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/lang/hugs98 DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/lang/hugs98 DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port hugs98. DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port hugs98. DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port hugs98. DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/readline DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/readline DEBUG: Searching for dependency: readline DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for readline DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.main (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.fetch (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.checksum (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.extract (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.patch (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.configure (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.build (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.destroot (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.install (hugs98) since this port is already installed DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.activate (hugs98) since this port is already active DEBUG: Skipping com.apple.main (hugs98) since this port is already installed ---> Cleaning hugs98 DEBUG: Executing com.apple.clean (hugs98) ---> Removing workpath for hugs98 DEBUG: Removing directory: /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_ dports_lang_hugs98/work DEBUG: Removing symlink: /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/lang/hugs98/work _______________________________________________ Hugs-Users mailing list Hugs-Users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hugs-users