rdiff-backups failing to build on 10.5.2

[gjznituv@…]

Any ideas?

--->  Attempting to fetch rdiff-backup-1.0.5.tar.gz from http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/rdiff-backup/
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for rdiff-backup
--->  Extracting rdiff-backup
--->  Applying patches to rdiff-backup
--->  Configuring rdiff-backup
--->  Building rdiff-backup with target build
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_rdiff-backup/work/rdiff-backup-1.0.5" && /opt/local/bin/python2.4 setup.py build --librsync-dir=/opt/local " returned error 1
Command output: copying rdiff_backup/Globals.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/Hardlink.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/increment.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/iterfile.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/lazy.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/librsync.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/log.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/Main.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/manage.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/metadata.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/Rdiff.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/regress.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/restore.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/robust.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/rpath.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/Security.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/selection.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/static.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/statistics.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/TempFile.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/Time.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
copying rdiff_backup/user_group.py -> build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/rdiff_backup
running build_ext
building 'rdiff_backup.C' extension
creating build/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4
-fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/include/python2.4 -c cmodule.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/cmodule.o
unable to execute -fno-strict-aliasing: No such file or directory
error: command '-fno-strict-aliasing' failed with exit status 1

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[gjznituv@…]

title should read: rdiff-backup ...

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

A lot of python ports on Leopard seem to be experiencing this error, although it does seem to be temporary, and I have no idea why it happens. If you retry the install it will most probably succeed.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Duplicate of #13930.