glib2-devel 2.21.4_0 incompatible with autoconf 2.64_0

[g.babakhani@…]

I am trying to install glib2-devel with Porticus and get the following error when configure.

Configuring glib2-devel
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin9.8.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin9.8.0
checking for the BeOS... no
checking for Win32... no
checking for Mac OS X Carbon support... checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.0
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 accepts -g... yes
checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.0... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/cpp-4.0
yes
checking whether to enable garbage collector friendliness... no
checking whether to disable memory pools... no
checking for gcc... (cached) /usr/bin/gcc-4.0
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.0... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/cpp-4.0
checking for c++... /usr/bin/g++-4.0
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether /usr/bin/g++-4.0 accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of /usr/bin/g++-4.0... gcc3
checking for gcc... (cached) /usr/bin/gcc-4.0
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.0... (cached) gcc3
checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
checking for pkg-config... /opt/local/bin/pkg-config
checking for gawk... (cached) awk
checking for perl5... /opt/local/bin/perl
checking for indent... indent
checking for /opt/local/bin/perl... /opt/local/bin/perl
checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.4... python
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for python version... 2.5
checking for python platform... darwin
checking for python script directory... /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages
checking for python extension module directory... /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages
checking for iconv_open... no
checking for libiconv_open in -liconv... yes
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking whether we are using the GNU C Library 2.1 or newer... no
checking Whether to cache iconv descriptors... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking locale.h usability... yes
checking locale.h presence... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes
checking libintl.h usability... yes
checking libintl.h presence... yes
checking for libintl.h... yes
checking for ngettext in libc... no
checking for bindtextdomain in -lintl... yes
checking for ngettext in -lintl... yes
checking for dgettext in -lintl... yes
checking for bind_textdomain_codeset... yes
checking for msgfmt... /opt/local/bin/msgfmt
checking for dcgettext... yes
checking if msgfmt accepts -c... yes
checking for gmsgfmt... /opt/local/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /opt/local/bin/xgettext
checking for catalogs to be installed...  am ar as az be be@latin bg bn bn_IN bs ca ca@valencia cs cy da de dz el en_CA en_GB eo es et eu fa fi fr ga gl gu he hi hr hu hy id is it ja ka kn ko ku lt lv mai mg mk ml mn mr ms nb ne nl nn oc or pa pl ps pt pt_BR ro ru rw si sk sl sq sr sr@latin sr@ije sv ta te th tl tr tt uk vi wa xh yi zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by /usr/bin/gcc-4.0... /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -p
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -p) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking for /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for ar... ar
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -p output from /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 object... ok
checking for dsymutil... dsymutil
checking for nmedit... nmedit
checking for lipo... lipo
checking for otool... otool
checking for otool64... no
checking for -single_module linker flag... yes
checking for -exported_symbols_list linker flag... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether /usr/bin/g++-4.0 accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of /usr/bin/g++-4.0... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /usr/bin/g++-4.0 -E
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 static flag -static works... no
checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin9.8.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for ld used by /usr/bin/g++-4.0... /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking whether the /usr/bin/g++-4.0 linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for /usr/bin/g++-4.0 option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
checking if /usr/bin/g++-4.0 PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
checking if /usr/bin/g++-4.0 static flag -static works... no
checking if /usr/bin/g++-4.0 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if /usr/bin/g++-4.0 supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the /usr/bin/g++-4.0 linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin9.8.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
configure: creating ./config.lt
config.lt: creating libtool
checking for extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes... none needed
checking for extra flags for POSIX compliance... none needed
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for vprintf... yes
checking for _doprnt... no
checking for working alloca.h... yes
checking for alloca... yes
checking for mmap... yes
checking for posix_memalign... no
checking for memalign... no
checking for valloc... yes
checking for fsync... yes
checking for pipe2... no
checking for atexit... yes
checking for on_exit... no
checking for timegm... yes
checking for gmtime_r... yes
checking size of char... 1
checking size of short... 2
checking size of long... 4
checking size of int... 4
checking size of void *... 4
checking size of long long... 8
checking size of __int64... 0
checking for format to printf and scanf a guint64... %llu
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking if malloc() and friends prototypes are gmem.h compatible... yes
checking for growing stack pointer... no
checking for __inline... yes
checking for __inline__... yes
checking for inline... yes
checking if inline functions in headers work... yes
checking for working do while(0) macros... no
checking for ISO C99 varargs macros in C... yes
checking for ISO C99 varargs macros in C++... yes
checking for GNUC varargs macros... yes
checking for GNUC visibility attribute... ./configure: line 31070: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_glib2-devel/work/glib-2.21.4" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --enable-static " returned error 2
Command output: checking for mmap... yes
checking for posix_memalign... no
checking for memalign... no
checking for valloc... yes
checking for fsync... yes
checking for pipe2... no
checking for atexit... yes
checking for on
_exit... no
checking for timegm... yes
checking for gmtime_r... yes
checking size of char... 1
checking size of short... 2
checking size of long... 4
checking size of int... 4
checking size of void *... 4
checking size of long long... 8
checking size of __int64... 0
checking for format to printf and scanf a guint64... %llu
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking if malloc() and friends prototypes are gmem.h compatible... yes
checking for growing stack pointer... no
checking for __inline...
 yes
checking for __inline__... yes
checking for inline... yes
checking if inline functions in headers work... yes
checking for working do while(0) macros... no
checking for ISO C99 varargs macros in C... yes
checking for ISO C99 varargs macros in C++... yes
checking for GNUC varargs macros... yes
checking for GNUC visibility attribute... ./configure: line 31070: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Warning: the following items did not execute (for glib2-devel): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please remember to use WikiFormatting.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Confirmed. glib2-devel requires autoconf, but is incompatible with autoconf 2.64. Either downgrade to autoconf 2.63 or try glib2 which does not require autoconf at all.

There is an ​upstream bug report about autoconf 2.64 compatibility. I will try the patch proposed there to see if it will help.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Correction: ​this is the upstream bug report.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Yup, that patch did it. Fixed in r55754. Thank you for the report!

[g.babakhani@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Yup, that patch did it. Fixed in r55754. Thank you for the report!

Thanx. Now that is has been fixed,... how do I use It... please advice...

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

sudo port sync

Then try your original command again.