emacs-w3m @1.4.4 build failure -package depends on old emacs23

[steelheart.wolverine@…]

Hi,

When I'm trying to install an emacs-w3m package, building step fails since emacs-w3m depends on emacs 23, and ports dependency says it depends on emacs package where it is emacs 24.

Thank you,

Fan

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stdout:

% sudo port install emacs-w3m
--->  Computing dependencies for emacs-w3m
--->  Building emacs-w3m
Error: org.macports.build for port emacs-w3m returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port emacs-w3m for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_www_emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port emacs-w3m failed

log:

:info:build :info:build In toplevel form::info:build w3m.el:86:1:Error: Emacs-w3m of this version does not support Emacs 
24; try the development version
:info:build make: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_www_emacs-w3m/emacs
-w3m/work/emacs-w3m-1.4.4'
:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_ma
cports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_www_emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m
/work/emacs-w3m-1.4.4" && /usr/bin/make -j2 -w all 
:info:build Exit code: 2

[steelheart.wolverine@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Since this was not a clean attempt, please "sudo port clean emacs-w3m", then try again, then attach the main.log to this ticket.

[steelheart.wolverine@…]

/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_www_emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m/main.log

[steelheart.wolverine@…]

Attached my full clean log.
Thank you.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

gwright has retired. See #43784.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

​This is still a problem. Due to this, the port hasn't been buildable for years. Mark, are you still maintaining this port?

[easye]

For my personal use, I have switched over to using the integrated per-user package management system released with emacs-25 which installs w3m without problems. From a quick search seems that active development on w3m has moved to [github.com/emacs-w3m][].

I will take a look at how easy it would be to switch over to the newer version of w3m.

[github.com/emacs-w3m]: ​https://github.com/emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m

[easye]

In bdd58cd9f9f7bc6d32fe5ec5c5bffbeec6118d71/macports-ports (master):

www/emacs-w3m: restore buildability

Use the newer github source repository to build port getting the
version to build from the MELPA packaging system
<​https://melpa.org/#/w3m>.

Obsolete www/emacs-w3m-devel as it is no longer necessary.

Addresses <#35297>
<#32139>