perl5.8: library not found for -lutil (10.4 deployment target)

[anthony_oro@…]

I am running OSX10.6 with latest MacPorts from SVN (1.9.99). I need to compile Universal PPC/i386 libraries for OSX 10.4 Target. So I set the following flags in macports.conf:

build_arch i386, universal_archs ppc i386, macosx_deployment_target 10.4

I managed to build a few libraries successfully (libpng, fltk...) But I get a configure error for Perl5.8, saying that -lutil cannot be found. I tried port clean, and also a complete port reinstall, neither worked. I cannot find which is this library that -lutil refers too.

(Note1: perl5.8 builds correctly if I remove macosx_deployment_target 10.4) (Note2: However, I DO NEED to build the libs for 10.4)

:info:configure Operating system name? [darwin]  
:info:configure Operating system version? [10.6.0]  
:info:configure Installation prefix to use? (~name ok) [/opt/local]  
:info:configure AFS does not seem to be running...
:info:configure What installation prefix should I use for installing files? (~name ok)
:info:configure [/opt/local]  
:info:configure Build Perl for SOCKS? [n]  
:info:configure Use the PerlIO abstraction layer? [y]  
:info:configure Getting the current patchlevel...
:info:configure Build a threading Perl? [n]  
:info:configure Build Perl for multiplicity? [n]  
:info:configure Use which C compiler? [/usr/bin/gcc-4.0]  
:info:configure ld: warning: object file compiled with -mlong-branch which is no longer needed. To remove this warning, recompile without -mlong-branch: /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/crt1.o
:info:configure ld: warning: object file compiled with -mlong-branch which is no longer needed. To remove this warning, recompile without -mlong-branch: /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/crt1.o
:info:configure Checking for GNU cc in disguise and/or its version number...
:info:configure ld: warning: object file compiled with -mlong-branch which is no longer needed. To remove this warning, recompile without -mlong-branch: /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/crt1.o
:info:configure Now, how can we feed standard input to your C preprocessor...
:info:configure Directories to use for library searches? [/opt/local/lib /usr/lib]  
:info:configure What is the file extension used for shared libraries? [dylib]  
:info:configure Try to use long doubles if available? [n]  
:info:configure Checking for optional libraries...
:info:configure What libraries to use? [-ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc]  
:info:configure What optimizer/debugger flag should be used? [-O3]  
:info:configure Any additional cc flags?
:info:configure [-pipe -O2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch ppc -arch i386 -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -I/opt/local/include -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -I/opt/local/include]  
:info:configure Let me guess what the preprocessor flags are...
:info:configure Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)?
:info:configure [-L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch ppc -arch i386]  
:info:configure Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency...
:info:configure I've tried to compile and run the following simple program:
:info:configure 
:info:configure #include <stdio.h>
:info:configure int main() { printf("Ok\n"); return(0); }
:info:configure 
:info:configure I used the command:
:info:configure 
:info:configure 	/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -o try -O3 -pipe -O2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch ppc -arch i386 -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -I/opt/local/include -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -no-cpp-precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch ppc -arch i386 try.c -ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc
:info:configure 	 ./try
:info:configure 
:info:configure and I got the following output:
:info:configure 
:info:configure ld: library not found for -lutil
:info:configure ld: library not found for -lutil
:info:configure collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
:info:configure collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
:info:configure lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//ccuUvHCC.out (No such file or directory)
:info:configure I can't compile the test program.
:info:configure You have a BIG problem.  Shall I abort Configure [y]  
:info:configure Ok.  Stopping Configure.
:info:configure shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5.8/work/perl-5.8.9" && /bin/sh Configure -des -D prefix='/opt/local' -D scriptdir='/opt/local/bin' -D cppflags="${CPPFLAGS}" -D ccflags="${CFLAGS}" -D ldflags="${LDFLAGS}" -D vendorprefix='/opt/local' -D man1ext='1pm' -D man3ext='3pm' -D cc=${CC} -D ld=${CC} -D man1dir='/opt/local/share/man/man1p' -D man3dir='/opt/local/share/man/man3p' -D siteman1dir='/opt/local/share/man/man1' -D siteman3dir='/opt/local/share/man/man3' -D vendorman1dir='/opt/local/share/man/man1' -D vendorman3dir='/opt/local/share/man/man3' -D inc_version_list="5.8.8 5.8.8/darwin-2level" -U i_bind -U i_gdbm -U i_db " returned error 1
:error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)}}}

[anthony_oro@…]

A bit of investigation revealed that /MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib/ does not contain libutil. On the other hand it is available in the 10.5 and 10.6 SDKs. Does anyone know what I could do to solve this problem?

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Unless someone comes up with a fix and attaches a patch it seems unlikely this will be fixed. Note that we don't officially support changing the deployment target.