[m-rev.] for review: mention possible fix to missing .mih problem on Mac OS X

[Ian MacLarty]

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Julien Fischer
<juliensf at csse.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 6 Sep 2010, Ian MacLarty wrote:
>
>> For review by Julien.
>>
>> README.MacOS:
>>        Suggest removing fink from the PATH if, after installing Mercury,
>> the
>>        user gets errors about missing .mih files.
>>        I had this problem and removing fink from my PATH fixed it (though
>> I
>>        don't know why).
>>
>> Index: README.MacOS
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/README.MacOS,v
>> retrieving revision 1.15
>> diff -u -r1.15 README.MacOS
>> --- README.MacOS        13 Jul 2010 05:48:19 -0000      1.15
>> +++ README.MacOS        6 Sep 2010 05:15:23 -0000
>> @@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
>> Mercury can currently only be compiled by gcc on Mac OS X.  It cannot
>> currently
>> be compiled with llvm-gcc or clang.
>>
>> +If, after installing Mercury, you encounter errors about missing .mih
>> files,
>> +and you have fink installed, then try removing the fink components from
>> your
>> +PATH (these usually start with /sw) and reinstalling.
>
> Do you still have the broken installation?  Are the .mih files present?
>

After removing fink from my path and reinstalling I have a working
installation, with .mih files.

> I think the problem is that fink is overriding one (some?) of the
> system tools and the .mih files are not actually being installed in the
> first place.  If that's the case then, the right thing to do is actually
> remove fink from the PATH *before* installing Mercury.
>
> (If you still have the broken installation, does it work if you remove
> fink from the PATH?)

I don't understand what you mean.

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