glib2 @2.30.2 destroot staging failure when /opt/local/bin/perl doesn't work

[ollie@…]

When trying to install glib2, I encounter a problem similar to #32185, though it seems that particular problem has been resolved already (and the work-around failed, too). I get the following message when trying to install glib2. (After sudo port clean glib2, of course.) I am running OSX 10.5.8 on a G5 and with XCode 3.1.4 installed.

sandbox >: sudo port install glib2
--->  Computing dependencies for glib2
--->  Fetching archive for glib2
--->  Attempting to fetch glib2-2.30.2_2.darwin_9.ppc.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/glib2
--->  Fetching glib2
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for glib2
--->  Extracting glib2
--->  Applying patches to glib2
--->  Configuring glib2
--->  Building glib2
--->  Staging glib2 into destroot
Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: shell command failed (see log for details)
Log for glib2 is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_glib2/glib2/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

It doesn't seem to be a problem with pkgconfig or gettext, as other similar problems are. To check what I already have, I did the following:

sandbox >: sudo port installed glib2
None of the specified ports are installed.
sandbox >: sudo port installed pkgconfig
The following ports are currently installed:
  pkgconfig @0.25_1
  pkgconfig @0.25_2 (active)
sandbox >: sudo port installed gettext
The following ports are currently installed:
  gettext @0.18.1.1_2 (active)
  gettext @0.18.1.1_2+universal

The log is attached. I can't figure out how glib2 could compile, but the last step would fail.

[ollie@…]

error log file mentioned in output from port install glib2

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I don't see any similarity with #32185. The relevant error seems to be:

/opt/local/bin/gtkdoc-rebase: /opt/local/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

/opt/local/bin/gtkdoc-rebase is provided by the gtk-doc port, and the gtk-doc port does declare a dependency on the perl5 port, which is what is supposed to provide /opt/local/bin/perl. glib2 itself also declares a dependency on perl5. So my questions to you are:

• is the perl5 port installed and active? (port installed perl5)
• what does it contain? (port contents perl5)

Possibly more curious is why gtkdoc-rebase is being run at all; glib2 does not declare a dependency on the gtk-doc port so it should not be using any part of it.

[ollie@…]

port contents perl5 results

[ollie@…]

The installed version of perl is given by

>: port installed perl5
The following ports are currently installed:
  perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12 (active)

The contents are in a file attached (perl5.contents.txt).

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Ok, so it shows /opt/local/bin/perl does exist. It is usually a symlink. What is it a symlink to, and does that file exist?

[ollie@…]

Here's the results of ls -lr | grep perl while in /opt/local/bin.

lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin       19 May 13  2011 cpanp-run-perl -> cpanp-run-perl-5.12
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin       14 May 13  2011 find2perl -> find2perl-5.12
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin    24125 Mar 11  2011 find2perl-5.8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin        8 May 13  2011 perl -> perl5.12
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin        8 May 13  2011 perl5 -> perl5.12
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin  1220364 Mar 11  2011 perl5.8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin        7 Mar 11  2011 perl5.8.9 -> perl5.8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin       12 May 13  2011 perlbug -> perlbug-5.12
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin    44765 Mar 11  2011 perlbug-5.8
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin    17965 Mar 11  2011 perlcc-5.8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin       12 May 13  2011 perldoc -> perldoc-5.12
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin      236 Mar 11  2011 perldoc-5.8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin       12 May 13  2011 perlivp -> perlivp-5.12
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin    12286 Mar 11  2011 perlivp-5.8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin       15 May 13  2011 perlthanks -> perlthanks-5.12
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   admin    44765 Mar 11  2011 perlthanks-5.8

However, which perl returns

/usr/bin/perl

which is a binary.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

It looks like you have installed the variant of perl5 that says you want to use perl 5.12, but you don't have perl 5.12 installed. So you need to either:

• sudo port install perl5 +perl5_8 (if you want to use perl 5.8), or
• sudo port install perl5.12 (if you want to use perl 5.12)

[ollie@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

It looks like you have installed the variant of perl5 that says you want to use perl 5.12, but you don't have perl 5.12 installed. So you need to either:

That seems to have worked. Perl5.12 didn't want to activate, but activating 5.8 allowed glib2 to be installed.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Ok, then I think we'll call it a day.