[MacPorts] #49564: xemacs on El Capitan

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Keywords: Xemacs | Port:
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Dear Ports Community,

I am a daily Xemacs user and rely on Mac Ports to install it. After
upgrading to El Capitan, I would like to report three issues:

(A) Currently Ports supports only the recent (but unstable) beta version
of Xemacs 21.5.16, which causes problems on my end. If someone could put
back the last stable version 21.4.22 then I could keeping editing my C++
files without frequent crashes.

(B) A simpler request: There is a problem with the installation of the
package libraries. As is,
the link in /opt/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.16 links to itself
indefinitely. I fixed it by hand with

/opt/local/lib/xemacs>sudo rm xemacs-21.5.16
/opt/local/lib>sudo rm -rf xemacs
/opt/local/lib>sudo ln -s xemacs-21.5.16 xemacs

(C) Currently I cannot have Xemacs and ImageMagick installed at the same
time. Maybe this could be fixed also:

sudo port install imagemagick
Password:
---> Computing dependencies for ImageMagick
Error: Unable to execute port: Can't install ctags because conflicting
ports are active: xemacs

Thanks a lot,

Burkhard

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

* keywords: Xemacs =>
* port: => xemacs

Post by MacPorts
Dear Ports Community,
I am a daily Xemacs user and rely on Mac Ports to install it. After
(A) Currently Ports supports only the recent (but unstable) beta version
of Xemacs 21.5.16, which causes problems on my end. If someone could put
back the last stable version 21.4.22 then I could keeping editing my C++
files without frequent crashes.
(B) A simpler request: There is a problem with the installation of the
package libraries. As is,
the link in /opt/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.16 links to itself
indefinitely. I fixed it by hand with
/opt/local/lib/xemacs>sudo rm xemacs-21.5.16
/opt/local/lib>sudo rm -rf xemacs
/opt/local/lib>sudo ln -s xemacs-21.5.16 xemacs
(C) Currently I cannot have Xemacs and ImageMagick installed at the same
sudo port install imagemagick
---> Computing dependencies for ImageMagick
Error: Unable to execute port: Can't install ctags because conflicting
ports are active: xemacs
Thanks a lot,
Burkhard

New description:

Dear Ports Community,

I am a daily Xemacs user and rely on Mac Ports to install it. After
upgrading to El Capitan, I would like to report three issues:

(A) Currently Ports supports only the recent (but unstable) beta version
of Xemacs 21.5.16, which causes problems on my end. If someone could put
back the last stable version 21.4.22 then I could keeping editing my C++
files without frequent crashes.

(B) A simpler request: There is a problem with the installation of the
package libraries. As is,
the link in /opt/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.16 links to itself
indefinitely. I fixed it by hand with

{{{
/opt/local/lib/xemacs>sudo rm xemacs-21.5.16
/opt/local/lib>sudo rm -rf xemacs
/opt/local/lib>sudo ln -s xemacs-21.5.16 xemacs
}}}

(C) Currently I cannot have Xemacs and ImageMagick installed at the same
time. Maybe this could be fixed also:

{{{
sudo port install imagemagick
Password:
---> Computing dependencies for ImageMagick
Error: Unable to execute port: Can't install ctags because conflicting
ports are active: xemacs
}}}

Thanks a lot,

Burkhard

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Comment:

a) xemacs was updated to a beta version because it was stated that the
stable version didn't work. See #19833.

b) If that's true, we can fix the symlink.

c) It is true that ctags and xemacs were marked as conflicting with one
another in r141410. This is typically done when two ports try to install
different files to the same name/location. How would you suggest this
conflict be resolved?

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

* cc: dstrubbe@… (added)

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Comment (by dstrubbe@…):

Hi Burkhard,

You can always go back to a previously installed version if you are having
trouble with a newer one: e.g. 'port activate xemacs @21.4.22'.

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Comment (by dstrubbe@…):

What is the purpose of this symlink anyway? I checked, the situation was
the same for version 21.4.22, i.e. the file linked to itself. Are you sure
the way you listed is how it is supposed to be linked?

ctags conflict fixed in r142233.

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Post by MacPorts
Hi Burkhard,
You can always go back to a previously installed version if you are

having trouble with a newer one: e.g. 'port activate xemacs @21.4.22'.

Unfortunately, I lost all previously installed ports when I upgrade to Mac
OS to El Capitan. Now, there is no "xemacs @21.4.22" to be activated. When
I instead type "sudo port install ***@21.4.22" it installs version
"xemacs-21.5.16".

Best wishes,

Burkhard

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Post by MacPorts
What is the purpose of this symlink anyway? I checked, the situation was

the same for version 21.4.22, i.e. the file linked to itself. Are you sure
the way you listed is how it is supposed to be linked?

The link points to a large number of additional packages. Without those
xemacs is not useful (to me at least).

Post by MacPorts
ctags conflict fixed in r142233.

Thank you so much. I will give it a try.

Still, if some guru could compile version 21.4.22 (or some other stable
version) under El Capitan this would be extremely helpful.

Thanks again,

Burkhard

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Post by MacPorts

Post by MacPorts
You can always go back to a previously installed version if you are

Unfortunately, I lost all previously installed ports when I upgrade to

Mac OS to El Capitan. Now, there is no "xemacs @21.4.22" to be activated.
When I instead type "sudo port install ***@21.4.22" it installs version
"xemacs-21.5.16".

Ok, never mind that suggestion then. You cannot specify which version you
want to install at the command line; the only way to get older ones is
described here: [wiki:howto/InstallingOlderPort].

If this version is crashing all the time, I guess we'll need to go back to
21.4.22, as I assume that it is due to bugs as opposed to anything we can
fix in the packaging. (Incidentally, note that there are also other emacs
ports, such as emacs-mac-app, which is what I typically use.)

Do you have an opinion on the issue in #19833, namely whether 21.4.22 was
able to work with the sumo packages?

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Post by MacPorts

Post by MacPorts
What is the purpose of this symlink anyway? I checked, the situation

was the same for version 21.4.22, i.e. the file linked to itself. Are you
sure the way you listed is how it is supposed to be linked?

Post by MacPorts
The link points to a large number of additional packages. Without those

xemacs is not useful (to me at least).

I am not questioning whether we need to have the link, the question is:
what is it supposed to be pointing at? To put another way, the offending
line is below; what should it be changed to?
{{{
system "cd ${destroot}${prefix}/lib && ln -s xemacs-${version} xemacs"
}}}

As I wrote before, if you think the current situation is broken, it seems
it was broken for 21.4.22 also.

Cheers,
David Strubbe

PS We met on the astronomy ski trip some years ago, not sure if you
remember me!

PPS I was working with a file in a C++ Monte Carlo code recently, signed
"Burkhard Militzer, Urbana 4-1-99"

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Comment (by carlos.solans@…):

Replying to [comment:8 dstrubbe@…]:

Somehow the xemacs folder already exists in destroot by the time the
system call is made. Therefore it has to be removed before the symlink.
New line should be:

system "cd ${destroot}${prefix}/lib && rm -rf xemacs && ln -s
xemacs-${version} xemacs"

Cheers,
Carlos

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Comment (by dav@…):

Replying to [comment:9 carlos.solans@…]:

I have experienced essentially the same problem with xemacs-21.5.16 (under
El Capitan). I have not tried the new portfile, so don't know whether that
already fixes the problem; didn't want to try, because more or less I
fixed it: by copying the directory xemacs-packages from xemacs-21.5-b16
(which looks like an artifact of an earlier version) to xemacs-21.5.16.
Now I can at least access a lot of modes (latex, fontlock,...) that were
inaccessible before.

Post by MacPorts
Somehow the xemacs folder already exists in destroot by the time the

system call is made. Therefore it has to be removed before the symlink.

Post by MacPorts
system "cd ${destroot}${prefix}/lib && rm -rf xemacs && ln -s

xemacs-${version} xemacs"

Post by MacPorts
Cheers,
Carlos

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Post by MacPorts
What is the purpose of this symlink anyway? I checked, the situation was

the same for version 21.4.22, i.e. the file linked to itself. Are you sure
the way you listed is how it is supposed to be linked?

Post by MacPorts
ctags conflict fixed in r142233.

Sorry, the conflict between ctags and xemacs was not resolved for my
system:

---> Fetching archive for ctags
---> Attempting to fetch ctags-5.8_2.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from
http://packages.macports.org/ctags
---> Attempting to fetch ctags-5.8_2.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from
http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/ctags
---> Attempting to fetch ctags-5.8_2.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from
http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/ctags
---> Fetching distfiles for ctags
---> Verifying checksums for ctags
---> Extracting ctags
---> Applying patches to ctags
---> Configuring ctags
---> Building ctags
---> Staging ctags into destroot
---> Installing ctags @5.8_2
---> Activating ctags @5.8_2
Error: org.macports.activate for port ctags returned: Image error:
/opt/local/bin/ctags is being used by the active xemacs port. Please
deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate ctags' to force the
activation.
Please see the log file for port ctags for details:
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_ctags/ctags/main.log
Error: Problem while installing ctags
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Post by MacPorts

Post by MacPorts

Post by MacPorts
You can always go back to a previously installed version if you are

Unfortunately, I lost all previously installed ports when I upgrade to

Mac OS to El Capitan. Now, there is no "xemacs @21.4.22" to be activated.
When I instead type "sudo port install ***@21.4.22" it installs version
"xemacs-21.5.16".

Post by MacPorts
Ok, never mind that suggestion then. You cannot specify which version

you want to install at the command line; the only way to get older ones is
described here: [wiki:howto/InstallingOlderPort].

Post by MacPorts
If this version is crashing all the time, I guess we'll need to go back

to 21.4.22, as I assume that it is due to bugs as opposed to anything we
can fix in the packaging. (Incidentally, note that there are also other
emacs ports, such as emacs-mac-app, which is what I typically use.)

Post by MacPorts
Do you have an opinion on the issue in #19833, namely whether 21.4.22

was able to work with the sumo packages?

Yes, the packages worked fine for me in version 21.4.22. Any 21.4 version
could possibly work fine. I can re-confirm that 21.5.16 crashes often and
behaves weird in some situation (e.g. curses jumps to a new location when
you click into an xemacs window.)

Burkhard

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Post by MacPorts
Sorry, the conflict between ctags and xemacs was not resolved for my

system:

I think you'll have to deactivate xemacs, as suggested by the error
message. Then activate ctags, and rebuild or update xemacs.

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Comment (by dstrubbe@…):

Returned to version 21.4.22 in r142901.

[MacPorts]

#49564: xemacs on El Capitan
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Reporter: burkhard.militzer@
 | Owner: dstrubbe
Type: defect | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: xemacs |
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Changes (by jmroot):

* owner: macports-tickets@
 => dstrubbe
* status: new => assigned
* cc: dstrubbe (removed)