nodejs @0.8.2 build failure on Leopard, crash in mksnapshot

[danielcardosods@…]

Out of terminal:

$ sudo port install nodejs
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for nodejs
--->  Building nodejs
Error: org.macports.build for port nodejs returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port nodejs for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port nodejs failed

main.log

:notice:build --->  Building nodejs
:debug:build Executing org.macports.build (nodejs)
:debug:build port disallows a parallel build
:debug:build Environment: CPATH='/opt/local/include' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS_FILE='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/.CC_PRINT_OPTIONS' LIBRARY_PA$
:debug:build Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2" && /usr/bin/make -w all CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 CXX=/usr/bi$
:debug:build Executing command line:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2" && /usr/bin/make -w all CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 CXX=/u$
:info:build make: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2'
:info:build /usr/bin/make -C out BUILDTYPE=Release
:info:build make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2/out'
:info:build   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2/out/Release/lib.host:/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_v$
:info:build /bin/sh: line 1: 25410 Bus error               "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2/out/Release/mksnapshot" --log-sna$
:info:build make[1]: *** [/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2/out/Release/obj.target/v8_snapshot/geni/snapshot.cc] Error 138
:info:build make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2/out'
:info:build make: *** [node] Error 2
:info:build make: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2'
:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/work/node-v0.8.2" && /usr/bin/make -w all CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 CXX=/usr/bin/g+$
:info:build Exit code: 2
:error:build org.macports.build for port nodejs returned: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 25396 2
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
    while executing
"system -nice 0 $fullcmdstring"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval system $notty $nice \$fullcmdstring"
    invoked from within
"command_exec build"
    (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 8)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:build Warning: targets not executed for nodejs: org.macports.activate org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:build Please see the log file for port nodejs for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_nodejs/nodejs/main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I've been ​discussing this problem in the nodejs discussion group since 0.8.0. The problem seems to be specific to older systems like Leopard; I don't see the problem on Snow Leopard. Another user ​reported the same problem on Slackware Linux 13.

The first suggestion in the group was to try building --without-snapshot, which succeeds, but the node it builds does not work (all of the tests fail). Another developer thought some fixes that were included in 0.8.2 would help; they didn't. I tried building with gcc-4.2 instead of gcc-4.0; no change. The next suggestion was to try changing the optimization flags (i.e. setting configure.optflags to something other than -O2), so that's the next thing I'll try.