Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:55:28 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: chalpin@cs.wisc.edu Subject: Re: fetchmail can't find python? Message-ID: <201207251455.q6PEtSGi087963@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120725082200.17aef98f@scorpio>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:40:50 +0100
Anton Shterenlikht articulated:
> While rebuilding fetchmail again, I noticed this line
> in configure logs:
>=20
> configure: WARNING: Disabling fetchmailconf: python 2.0 or greater
> not found
>=20
> I've got python all right:
>=20
> # pkg info -xo python
> python27-2.7.3_3: lang/python27
> #=20
>=20
> So what does this mean?
>=20
> In case it matters, this is on=20
>=20
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD
> 10.0-CURRENT #6 r237134: Mon Jun 18 09:02:17 BST 2012
> root@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TZAV ia64 #=20
I had a similar problem with "ruby", obviously with another program
recently. I simply did an R&R of the port and now everything works fine.
I have found over the years that certain programs just seem to disappear
for no apparent reason and usually at the most in-opportunistic times.
By the way, does "which python" reveal anything?
What's R&R? rock-n-roll?..
Anyway:
# cat /usr/local/bin/fetchmailconf
#!/bin/sh
#
# Wrapper for the real fetchmailconf. Checks whether Python and Tkinter are
# installed, and runs the real fetchmailconf or alerts the user, as appropriate.
#
# $FreeBSD: head/mail/fetchmail/files/fetchmailconf 300896 2012-07-14 13:54:48Z beat $
LOCALBASE=/usr/local
if [ -x $LOCALBASE/bin/python ] ; then
PYTHON_VERSION=python$(${LOCALBASE}/bin/python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[:3]' 2>/dev/null)
if [ -e ${LOCALBASE}/lib/${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/_tkinter.so ]; then
exec ${LOCALBASE}/libexec/fetchmailconf.py "$@"
fi
fi
cat <<EOF
The fetchmailconf program requires Python with Tkinter, which does
not appear to be installed on this system. Python can be found in
the FreeBSD Ports Collection in lang/python, and Tkinter for Python
can be found in x11-toolkits/py-tkinter.
EOF
exit 1
#
Now, I've got py27-tkinter-2.7.3_3 (x11-toolkits/py-tkinter),
but I guess the fetchmail configure script doesn't detect
this properly.
And anyway, since fetchmailconf is optional, I think
it makes perfect sense to make an option to install
fetchmailconf, which, if chosen, triggers a check
for x11-toolkits/py-tkinter.
I'm copying in the maintainer.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201207251455.q6PEtSGi087963>