scamp build failure: Undefined symbols _plcol

[abraham@…]

Hi, I'm attempting to build scamp 1.6.2 on Mac OS X Lion (10.7.4). I currently have XCode 4.1 installed.

I've been using MacPorts successfully for quite some time and this appears to be an isolated problem. I tried building with clang in addition to llvm but neither compiler worked.

Looking through the build log file reveals the following build error which I think might indicate a missing dependency:

:info:build Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
:info:build   "_plcol", referenced from:
:info:build       _cplot_allsky in astrcplot.o
:info:build       _cplot_astrefprop in astrcplot.o
:info:build       _cplot_astrcolshift1d in astrcplot.o
:info:build       _cplot_referrhisto2d in astrcplot.o
:info:build       _cplot_referrhisto1d in astrcplot.o
:info:build       _cplot_aderrhisto2d in astrcplot.o
:info:build       _cplot_aderrhisto1d in astrcplot.o
:info:build       ...
:info:build      (maybe you meant: _c_plcol0, _c_plcol1 )
:info:build ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64

Here is what is reported on the command line (after removing the messages regarding installation of dependencies, which appeared to install fine):

--->  Fetching archive for scamp
--->  Attempting to fetch scamp-1.6.2_0.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/scamp
--->  Fetching distfiles for scamp
--->  Attempting to fetch scamp-1.6.2.tar.gz from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/scamp
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for scamp
--->  Extracting scamp
--->  Configuring scamp
--->  Building scamp
Error: org.macports.build for port scamp returned: command execution failed
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Error: Processing of port scamp failed

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please attach the main.log file.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Also, please consider upgrading Xcode; 4.1 is old.

[abraham@…]

Main log file

[abraham@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Please attach the main.log file.

Done! Thanks for the suggestion, this is the first ticket I've filed and I'm a little unsure what information is critical vs. redundant.

[abraham@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Also, please consider upgrading Xcode; 4.1 is old.

Will do.

[abraham@…]

Replying to abraham@…:

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Also, please consider upgrading Xcode; 4.1 is old.

Will do.

Hi, I've upgraded to XCode 4.3.2 and the port still fails to build (same issues).

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Apparently plcol came from plplot, but was deprecated and removed. The replacement is plcol0.

​http://plplot.sourceforge.net/docbook-manual/plplot-html-5.9.9/plcol.html

[lpsinger (Leo Singer)]

The upstream developer changed from plcol to plcol0 in trunk: ​http://www.astromatic.net/wsvn/public/filedetails.php?repname=public+software.scamp&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2Fastrcplot.c

tim, are you in touch with this package's author? Can you ask him when the next release will be available?

[tolga.guver@…]

Hi I just had the exact same problem. I was wondering if there is anything new to solve this issue.

thanks,

[cdeil (Christoph Deil)]

Replying to aronnax@…:

The upstream developer changed from plcol to plcol0 in trunk: ​http://www.astromatic.net/wsvn/public/filedetails.php?repname=public+software.scamp&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2Fastrcplot.c

tim, are you in touch with this package's author? Can you ask him when the next release will be available?

I just asked in the SCAMP forum if they can make a new release to get the fix for this issue out: ​http://www.astromatic.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=851

(Macports currently is at 1.6.2, I also tried with the latest release 1.7, which still contains the problem, so no need to update the port at this point)

[juandesant (Juande Santander-Vela)]

I'm having the exact same problem with MacPorts 2.2.1 on Mavericks, with Xcode 5.0.2 and xcode-select --install already performed. All of scamp dependencies (including atlas and libgcc), and the rest of Astromatic software (stiff, stuff, sextractor, skymapper, weightwatcher), installed like a charm. Will ping in the Astromatic forum as well. Not sure if it's worth it to add my main.log file.

[juandesant (Juande Santander-Vela)]

Cc Me!

[smeingast (Stefan Meingast)]

Scamp 2.0 just came out of beta a few days ago. Would it be possible to update the port at this time?

[cdeil (Christoph Deil)]

I'm still seeing this issue on Mac OS X 10.9 (see main.log here: ​https://gist.github.com/cdeil/2c18711341dd54e9a54c )

Note that I've made an update request for all Astromatic port here: ​https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43536#comment:3

Did anyone try the latest SCAMP release ... is this issue fixed?

[cdeil (Christoph Deil)]

Portfile update

[cdeil (Christoph Deil)]

I've attached a diff for an updated Portfile that works for me on Mac OS X 10.9.

Given that this issue is 2 years old and Tim hasn't commented, maybe someone else can review and commit the patch?

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Some notes about your patch:

• The $Id$ line should not be changed.
• You also changed the license field, was that intended?
• Use ​modern checksums.

[lpsinger (Leo Singer)]

Replying to mf2k@…:

• You also changed the license field, was that intended?

According to the latest scamp manual, the license is GPL-3+.

[lpsinger (Leo Singer)]

By the way, the patched built fine on my Mavericks machine.

[cdeil (Christoph Deil)]

Replying to mf2k@…:

Some notes about your patch:

• The $Id$ line should not be changed.

Done.

• You also changed the license field, was that intended?

Yes, the license was changed from CeCILL to GPL-3+ :

​http://astromatic.iap.fr/wsvn/public/filedetails.php?repname=public+software.scamp&path=%2Ftags%2F2.0.1%2FLICENSE

• Use ​modern checksums.

Done.

The updated diff is attached as Portfile-scamp.diff.

[cdeil (Christoph Deil)]

Could a Macports committer please commit this patch?

[lpsinger (Leo Singer)]

See #43536.

[lpsinger (Leo Singer)]

Since the update to plplot 5.10.0, I now get:

Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_plwid", referenced from:
      _cplot_allsky in astrcplot.o
      _cplot_drawcoordgrid in astrcplot.o
      _cplot_drawloccoordgrid in astrcplot.o
      _cplot_fgroup in astrcplot.o
      _cplot_distort in astrcplot.o
      _cplot_astintsysmap in astrcplot.o
      _cplot_astrefsysmap in astrcplot.o
      ...
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64

It's been renamed:

$ nm /opt/local/lib/libplplotd.dylib | grep plwid
000000000001397f T _c_plwidth

And I can see that plwid is deprecated in favor of plwidth. See ​http://plplot.sourceforge.net/docbook-manual/plplot-html-5.10.0/plwid.html.

[lpsinger (Leo Singer)]

Christoph, what is the preferred way to contact the upstream developer to ask them to fix this and issue a new release? I see that you went to the forum, but there's also an email author contact: ​http://www.astromatic.net/team/emmanuel

[lpsinger (Leo Singer)]

In r121752, I added patches to fix the plplot API change. I also sent the patches to the upstream project.