libplist does not build on OSX 10.4

[tael67@…]

Rudloff:~ Pierre$ sudo port install libplist
--->  Computing dependencies for libplist
--->  Building libplist
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command failed (see log for details)
Log for libplist is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_libplist/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
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[rmstonecipher@…]

Pierre,
I do not have any computers running OS X 10.4 but will see what I can do in a VM.
Please include your OS X version in future ticket summaries if you are not running the current release.

Cheers,
Ryan Stonecipher

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Seems to be because cmake insists on using an SDK all the time, and 10.4's gcc has some oddities when you use an SDK and also link to files outside the SDK. Adding explicit -lxml2 -lintl -liconv -lz to configure.ldflags may help IIRC. Should also check if cmake will accept -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=/ to make it not use an SDK, and add that to the portgroup if it works.

[rudloff@…]

I have added the following to the portfile :

platform darwin 8 {
    configure.ldflags-append    \
                                -lxml2 \
                                -lintl \
                                -liconv \
                                -lz
    configure.args-append       -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=/
}

and now I get a new error.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Added the sysroot fix to the portgroup in r78651. That alone should fix the non-universal and universal on x86 cases.

Building universal on PowerPC Tiger still won't work without the explicit -l flags because you have to use the SDK in that case.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to rudloff@…:

and now I get a new error.

I get the same new error on both Tiger ppc and Tiger i386.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Looks like a python error, so this is basically a further consequence of #27094 and would presumably be resolved by resolving that ticket.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

#27094 was resolved, and libplist has been updated to version 1.10. So is this still an issue?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I confirm that libplist @1.10 builds fine on Tiger ppc.