libiconv configure failure when libintl is corrupted

[davidh@…]

I just performed a successful port selfupdate to 1.9.2, found I needed new libiconv.

wilder-hendersons-macbook-pro-2:~ davidh$ sudo port clean libiconv
--->  Cleaning libiconv
wilder-hendersons-macbook-pro-2:~ davidh$ sudo port install libiconv
--->  Computing dependencies for libiconv
--->  Fetching libiconv
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for libiconv
--->  Extracting libiconv
--->  Applying patches to libiconv
--->  Configuring libiconv
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed
Log for libiconv is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_libiconv/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Remember to use WikiFormatting and to Cc the port's maintainer (that's me in this case).

Do not set the Milestone field for port tickets.

MacPorts 1.9.2 does not exist yet; presumably you meant you selfupdated to 1.9.1

Please attach the referenced logfile so we can see what went wrong.

[davidh@…]

main.log when attempting install of libiconv

[davidh@…]

Replying to davidh@…:

I just performed a successful port selfupdate to 1.9.1, found I needed new libiconv.

wilder-hendersons-macbook-pro-2:~ davidh$ sudo port clean libiconv
--->  Cleaning libiconv
wilder-hendersons-macbook-pro-2:~ davidh$ sudo port install libiconv
--->  Computing dependencies for libiconv
--->  Fetching libiconv
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for libiconv
--->  Extracting libiconv
--->  Applying patches to libiconv
--->  Configuring libiconv
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed
Log for libiconv is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_libiconv/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Ok, the relevant lines are:

:info:configure dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libintl.8.dylib
:info:configure   Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/gawk
:info:configure   Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
:info:configure         /opt/local/lib/libintl.8.dylib: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00

Your gettext library (libintl.dylib) appears to have exploded so you will have to rebuild gettext. Before you do so you should uninstall gawk, because otherwise gettext's build will try to use gawk, which, as we see above, doesn't work.

sudo port -f uninstall gawk
sudo port clean gettext
sudo port -n upgrade --force gettext

You might run into similar problems with gsed and grep; if so, uninstall them too before attempting to rebuild gettext.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Did that work?

[myork@…]

I had this same issue. I removed and reinstalled gawk using porticus - this seemed to correct the issue.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

If just removing and reinstalling gawk fixed the issue, then it's not the same as in this ticket, which is about a gettext libintl library that got corrupted somehow.

Since we haven't heard from the reporter in half a year, I'm going to assume he got it working by rebuilding gettext.