gawk @4.0.0 Build failure: Undefined symbols: _history_list

[klondikemarlen@…]

When I run:

%% sudo port -d install gawk

I get

...
Undefined symbols:
  "_history_list", referenced from:
      _do_save in debug.o
      _serialize in debug.o
ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [dgawk] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_gawk/work/gawk-4.0.0" && /usr/bin/make -j2 all " returned error 2
...

I am using:

OS darwin/10.8.0 (Mac OS X 10.6) arch i386

The full log is attached.

[klondikemarlen@…]

Debug log

[klondikemarlen@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

gawk builds fine for me. The error in your log is:

:info:build Undefined symbols:
:info:build   "_history_list", referenced from:
:info:build       _do_save in debug.o
:info:build       _serialize in debug.o
:info:build ld: symbol(s) not found

_history_list should be in your readline library, so I suspect either a problem with your MacPorts readline installation, or a rogue readline installation somewhere outside of MacPorts, for example in /usr/local/lib or /sw/lib.

[klondikemarlen@…]

I found and removed three file from /usr/local/lib with names beginning with: libreadline*. Gawk @4.0.0 still fails to build. I will try and install/uninstall readline through MacPorts and see if that helps.

[klondikemarlen@…]

I ran:

sudo port install readline +universal

then:

sudo port -d install gawk

Gawk now works perfectly. Thanks a lot.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Great, glad you got it working. If you have anything else in /usr/local you should consider removing it as well; it might interfere with other MacPorts ports.