zlib destroot failure when Xcode is too old

[brenna.switzer@…]

I am new to macports, so forgive me if this question is simplistic. I am attempting to install MAMP on my Mac (Snow Leopard 10.6.3) using macports (XCode 3.2.2) and am getting the same error for install on apache2, mysql5 and php5. It's probably quite simple, but I am stumped.

I did have mysql previously installed but I deleted it. I also had apache2 and php5 running through Mac's native install, but I have disabled it.

Here is the error (using the -d flag):

--->  Staging zlib into destroot
. missing (directory not created: File exists)
./Applications missing (directory not created: File exists)
./Developer missing (directory not created: File exists)
./Library missing (directory not created: File exists)
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.destroot (zlib)
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_archivers_zlib/work/zlib-1.2.5" && /usr/bin/make install prefix=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_zlib/work/destroot/opt/local'
cp libz.a /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_zlib/work/destroot/opt/local/lib
cp  /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_zlib/work/destroot/opt/local/lib
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file
       cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ... target_directory
make: *** [install-libs] Error 64
Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_zlib/work/zlib-1.2.5" && /usr/bin/make install prefix=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_zlib/work/destroot/opt/local " returned error 2
DEBUG: Backtrace: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_zlib/work/zlib-1.2.5" && /usr/bin/make install prefix=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_zlib/work/destroot/opt/local " returned error 2
    while executing
"command_exec destroot"
    (procedure "portdestroot::destroot_main" line 2)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
Warning: the following items did not execute (for zlib): org.macports.activate org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: openssl zlib pcre bzip2
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please remember to preview and use WikiFormatting, put the name of the failing port in the Port field, and cc its maintainers.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This sounds like a duplicate of #24599. Have you installed Xcode?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Try cleaning zlib and trying again.

[brenna.switzer@…]

Thanks for the tips about posting -- I'll be sure and document any future tickets by the standard.

Cleaning zlib worked like a charm. Thank you.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Thanks for letting me know you got it working. I wish I understood why this problem is happening for some people. Is it possible you tried to install zlib before having Xcode installed, ran into an error, installed Xcode, and then tried again to install zlib without cleaning zlib first? That's my hypothesis so far but I have not had the opportunity to test it yet.

[brenna.switzer@…]

You know, that might actually be the case. I initially tried to install macports without realizing that I was working with an older version of XCode, so I upgraded. Perhaps that initial failed installation caused some malfunction.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Do you remember what version of Xcode you had before?

[brenna.switzer@…]

I'm not completely sure, but it's likely it was 2.2.1 -- that was the current version active when I first downloaded it.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Ok, earlier than 3.2.0 at any rate. (3.2.0 is the earliest version of Xcode that works on Snow Leopard.) This would be a more involved scenario for me to test (install Tiger or Leopard, install its Xcode, update to Snow Leopard, install MacPorts, start installing zlib, upgrade Xcode, continue installing zlib, see if error) but easy enough to add a check for in the port (using the xcodeversion portgroup).

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

1.9.0 will error out in that situation before it starts building.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

True. But for the sake of having this fixed immediately, added checks that a valid Xcode version is installed in r68569.