textproc/intltool: intltool won't build, many apps fail build because of error (k3b-kde4, brasero)

[Kevin Oberman]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:46 PM, <redsvo at frontier.com> wrote:

> root at aloha:/usr/ports/textproc/intltool # make install clean
> ===>   intltool-0.50.2 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found
> ===> Fetching all distfiles required by intltool-0.50.2 for building
> ===>  Extracting for intltool-0.50.2
> => SHA256 Checksum OK for gnome/intltool-0.50.2.tar.gz.
> ===>  Patching for intltool-0.50.2
> ===>   intltool-0.50.2 depends on package: p5-XML-Parser>=0 - found
> ===>   intltool-0.50.2 depends on executable: gmake - found
> ===>   intltool-0.50.2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.18.1 - found
> ===>  Configuring for intltool-0.50.2
> ===>   FreeBSD 10 autotools fix applied to
> /usr/ports/textproc/intltool/work/intltool-0.50.2/configure
> ===>   FreeBSD 10 autotools fix applied to
> /usr/ports/textproc/intltool/work/intltool-0.50.2/aclocal.m4
> configure: loading site script /usr/ports/Templates/config.site
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g
> wheel
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... (cached) /bin/mkdir -p
> checking for gawk... (cached) /usr/bin/awk
> checking whether gmake sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
> checking for perl >= 5.8.1... 5.18.1
> checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is
> required for intltool
> ===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
> Please report the problem to gnome at FreeBSD.org [maintainer] and attach the
> "/usr/ports/textproc/intltool/work/intltool-0.50.2/config.log" including
> the
> output of the failure of your make command. Also, it might be a good idea
> to
> provide an overview of all packages installed on your system (e.g. a
> /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static info -g -Ea).
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/ports/textproc/intltool
>

This is a FAQ. After Perl upgrades you often need to rebuild p5-XML-Parser.
That will fix it.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired
E-mail: rkoberman at gmail.com