boost fails to build on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

[brianjlandau@…]

Running on a Intel MacBook Pro MacOS X 10.5 Leopard MacPorts 1.5.2 (for 10.5) & Xcode 3.0

Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_boost/work/boost_1_34_1" && make all " returned error 2
Command output: Makefile:2: *** missing separator.  Stop.

[afb@…]

Upstream: ​http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1407

[ralf@…]

A (temporary) workaround: I installed gmake through MacPorts, made a symlink in /opt/local/bin from gmake to make, made sure that /opt/local/bin was first in PATH and also set the environment variable MAKE=gmake. Using these kludges I was able to build boost +python25 without trouble. I need to investigate further, whether a simple MAKE=gmake can be used to solve this issue (without reverting to symlinking).

[sanchom (Sancho McCann)]

I (the maintainer) haven't upgraded yet to 10.5 Leopard... I probably should. So any help from others to find a fix/workaround to this problem would be a great help. Thanks to ralf for starting to look into this.

[tomaz.solc@…]

I can confirm that the following command works for me (OS X 10.5, PPC):

MAKE=/opt/local/bin/gmake sudo port install boost

(Of course I first had to install gmake)

Thanks.

[ralf@…]

fixed Portfile for OSX 10.5. Pulls in pristine GNU make on this platform (darwin 9).

[ralf@…]

tomaz.solc@…: Great! Thanks for the confirmation. This means the attached Portfile should close the bug.

[afb@…]

Committed, r31716.

[takanori@…]

Seems that this problem has not been fixed properly in r31716. Here is my buildlog:

$ sudo port install boost
--->  Fetching boost-jam
--->  Attempting to fetch boost-jam-3.1.15.tgz from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/boost
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for boost-jam
--->  Extracting boost-jam
--->  Configuring boost-jam
--->  Building boost-jam
--->  Staging boost-jam into destroot
--->  Installing boost-jam 3.1.15_0
--->  Activating boost-jam 3.1.15_0
--->  Cleaning boost-jam
--->  Fetching gmake
--->  Attempting to fetch make-3.81.tar.bz2 from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for gmake
--->  Extracting gmake
--->  Configuring gmake
--->  Building gmake with target all
--->  Staging gmake into destroot
--->  Installing gmake 3.81_0
--->  Activating gmake 3.81_0
--->  Cleaning gmake
--->  Fetching boost
--->  Attempting to fetch boost_1_34_1.tar.bz2 from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/boost
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for boost
--->  Extracting boost
--->  Configuring boost
--->  Building boost with target all
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_boost/work/boost_1_34_1" && make all " returned error 2
Command output: Makefile:2: *** missing separator.  Stop.

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[takanori@…]

suggested patch (tested on leopard/ppc)

[lhirlimann@…]

The attachment also works on Leopard/Intel.

[takanori@…]

Fixed in r31854.

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Milestone Port Bugs deleted