[Xastir] Macports: last libraries update broke-up Xastir

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2017, F1MHV wrote:

> Forgot to mention this error during installation process:
>
> bash bootstrap.sh
>    7) Removing autom4te.cache directory...
>    6) Running aclocal...
>    5) Running autoheader...
>    4) Running autoconf...
>    3) Running automake...
> configure.ac:54: installing './compile'
> configure.ac:50: installing './config.guess'
> configure.ac:50: installing './config.sub'
> configure.ac:30: installing './install-sh'
> configure.ac:30: installing './missing'
> callpass/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'

Those message are normal if this is the first time you're running bootstrap.sh in this directory.


>    2) Checking for 'mkinstalldirs'... Not Found
>       Attempting to copy it from system directories'
> ***ERROR: Couldn't copy the file***

Look at bootstrap.sh, the lines it failed on were:

   (cp /usr/local/share/automake*/mkinstalldirs . 2>/dev/null)
   (cp /usr/share/automake*/mkinstalldirs . 2>/dev/null)

Yours may not exist on the Mac or may be in yet another directory.

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