steghide build fails with "glibtool: link: unable to infer tagged configuration" when libtool port is not installed

[margus.riimaa@…]

Could not install steghide on macports. Just installed macports on Snow Leopard. Tried installing something else - stegdetect - it worked. Here is the debug:

Last login: Wed Mar  3 14:42:39 on ttys000
margus-riimaas-macbook-pro:~ margus$ sudo port -d install steghide
Password:
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/security/steghide
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/security/steghide
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port steghide.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port steghide.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port steghide.
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/jpeg
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: jpeg 7_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: jpeg 7_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: jpeg 7_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/graphics/jpeg
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port jpeg.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port jpeg.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port jpeg.
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! jpeg 7_0 >= jpeg 7_0
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/mhash
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: mhash 0.9.9.9_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: mhash 0.9.9.9_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: mhash 0.9.9.9_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/mhash
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port mhash.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port mhash.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port mhash.
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! mhash 0.9.9.9_0 >= mhash 0.9.9.9_0
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gettext
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: gettext 0.17_4 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: gettext 0.17_4  is the latest installed
DEBUG: gettext 0.17_4  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gettext
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/archcheck-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port gettext.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port gettext.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port gettext.
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/libiconv
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: libiconv 1.13.1_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: libiconv 1.13.1_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: libiconv 1.13.1_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/libiconv
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libiconv.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port libiconv.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libiconv.
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: gperf 3.0.4_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: gperf 3.0.4_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: gperf 3.0.4_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/gperf
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port gperf.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port gperf.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port gperf.
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! gperf 3.0.4_0 >= gperf 3.0.4_0
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! libiconv 1.13.1_0 >= libiconv 1.13.1_0
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncurses
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: ncurses 5.7_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: ncurses 5.7_0 +darwin_10 is the latest installed
DEBUG: ncurses 5.7_0 +darwin_10 is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants darwin_10 into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncurses
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port ncurses.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port ncurses.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port ncurses.
DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_10 provides darwin_10
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncursesw
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: ncursesw 5.7_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: ncursesw 5.7_0 +darwin_10 is the latest installed
DEBUG: ncursesw 5.7_0 +darwin_10 is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants darwin_10 into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/ncursesw
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/muniversal-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: universal variant already exists, so not adding the default one
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port ncursesw.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port ncursesw.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port ncursesw.
DEBUG: Executing variant darwin_10 provides darwin_10
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! ncursesw 5.7_0 >= ncursesw 5.7_0
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! ncurses 5.7_0 >= ncurses 5.7_0
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/expat
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: expat 2.0.1_0 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: expat 2.0.1_0  is the latest installed
DEBUG: expat 2.0.1_0  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/textproc/expat
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port expat.
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! expat 2.0.1_0 >= expat 2.0.1_0
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! gettext 0.17_4 >= gettext 0.17_4
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/libmcrypt
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: libmcrypt 2.5.8_1 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: libmcrypt 2.5.8_1  is the latest installed
DEBUG: libmcrypt 2.5.8_1  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/libmcrypt
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port libmcrypt.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port libmcrypt.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port libmcrypt.
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! libmcrypt 2.5.8_1 >= libmcrypt 2.5.8_1
DEBUG: Found port in file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: epoch: in tree: 0 installed: 0
DEBUG: zlib 1.2.3_4 exists in the ports tree
DEBUG: zlib 1.2.3_4  is the latest installed
DEBUG: zlib 1.2.3_4  is active
DEBUG: Merging existing variants  into variants
DEBUG: new fully merged portvariants: 
DEBUG: Changing to port directory: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/archivers/zlib
DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: adding the default universal variant
DEBUG: Reading variant descriptions from /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf
DEBUG: Requested variant darwin is not provided by port zlib.
DEBUG: Requested variant i386 is not provided by port zlib.
DEBUG: Requested variant macosx is not provided by port zlib.
DEBUG: No need to upgrade! zlib 1.2.3_4 >= zlib 1.2.3_4
--->  Computing dependencies for steghide
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: jpeg
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for jpeg
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: mhash
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for mhash
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: gettext
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for gettext
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libmcrypt
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for libmcrypt
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: libiconv
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for libiconv
DEBUG: Searching for dependency: zlib
DEBUG: Found Dependency: receipt exists for zlib
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.main (steghide)
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (steghide)
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (steghide)
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.extract (steghide)
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.patch (steghide)
DEBUG: Skipping completed org.macports.configure (steghide)
--->  Building steghide
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.build (steghide)
DEBUG: Environment: MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.6'
DEBUG: Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_security_steghide/work/steghide-0.5.1" && /usr/bin/make -j2 all'
/usr/bin/make  all-recursive
Making all in m4
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in intl
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in po
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in doc
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in src
/bin/sh glibtool --mode=link /usr/bin/g++-4.2  -O2 -Wall  -L/opt/local/lib -o steghide  Arg.o Arguments.o AssertionFailed.o AuFile.o AuSampleValues.o DFSAPHeuristic.o BFSAPHeuristic.o BinaryIO.o BitString.o BmpFile.o BmpPaletteSampleValue.o BmpRGBSampleValue.o BmpSampleValue.o WKSConstructionHeuristic.o DMDConstructionHeuristic.o CvrStgFile.o Edge.o EdgeIterator.o EmbData.o Embedder.o EncryptionAlgorithm.o EncryptionMode.o Extractor.o Graph.o JpegFile.o JpegSampleValue.o MCryptPP.o MHashKeyGen.o MHashPP.o Matching.o MatchingAlgorithm.o ProgressOutput.o PseudoRandomSource.o RGBTriple.o RandomSource.o SampleValue.o SampleValueAdjacencyList.o Selector.o Session.o SteghideError.o Terminal.o Utils.o Vertex.o WavChunk.o WavChunkHeader.o WavChunkUnused.o WavFile.o WavFormatChunk.o WavPCMSampleValue.o error.o main.o msg.o SMDConstructionHeuristic.o  /opt/local/lib/libintl.dylib /opt/local/lib/libiconv.dylib -lc  -ljpeg -lmcrypt -lmhash -lz 
glibtool: link: unable to infer tagged configuration
glibtool: link: specify a tag with `--tag'
make[2]: *** [steghide] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_security_steghide/work/steghide-0.5.1" && /usr/bin/make -j2 all " returned error 2
DEBUG: Backtrace: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_security_steghide/work/steghide-0.5.1" && /usr/bin/make -j2 all " returned error 2
    while executing
"command_exec build"
    (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 9)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
Warning: the following items did not execute (for steghide): org.macports.activate org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
margus-riimaas-macbook-pro:~ margus$ 

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Confirmed, when the libtool port is not installed. Fixed by adding build dependency on libtool in r65566.