zlib fails to build

[mcandre (Andrew Pennebaker)]

I want to install binutils, but its dependency gperf fails.

Trace:

version:1
:debug:clean Attempting ln -sf /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_archivers_zlib/zlib/work /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/archivers/zlib/work
:debug:clean changing euid/egid - current euid: 0 - current egid: 0
:debug:clean egid changed to: 502
:debug:clean euid changed to: 503
:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (zlib)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (zlib)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (zlib)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (zlib)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (zlib)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.patch (zlib)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.configure (zlib)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:build build phase started at Tue Oct  2 19:55:23 EDT 2012
:notice:build --->  Building zlib
:debug:build Executing org.macports.build (zlib)
: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_archivers_zlib/zlib/work/.CC_PRINT_OPTIONS' LIBRARY_PATH='/opt/local/lib' CC_PRINT_OPTIONS='YES' MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET='10.8'
:debug:build Assembled command: 'cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_archivers_zlib/zlib/work/zlib-1.2.7" && /usr/bin/make -j2 -w all'
:debug:build Executing command line:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_archivers_zlib/zlib/work/zlib-1.2.7" && /usr/bin/make -j2 -w all 
:info:build sh: line 0: cd: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_archivers_zlib/zlib/work/zlib-1.2.7: No such file or directory
:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_archivers_zlib/zlib/work/zlib-1.2.7" && /usr/bin/make -j2 -w all 
:info:build Exit code: 1
:error:build org.macports.build for port zlib returned: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 98481 1
: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 zlib: org.macports.activate org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:error:build Failed to install zlib
:debug:build could not read "/opt/local/share/man/man3/textdomain.3.gz": no such file or directory
    while executing
"::file type $file"
:notice:build Please see the log file for port zlib for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_archivers_zlib/zlib/main.log

Specs:

• MacPorts 2.1.2
• Xcode 4.5
• Mac OS X 10.8.2
• MacBook Pro 2009

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Duplicate of #29223. "sudo port clean zlib" and then try again. Cleaning and trying again is the first thing you should try anytime any port fails.

[mcandre (Andrew Pennebaker)]

Could future versions of MacPorts automatically detect when an install fails and attempt to fix itself by cleaning dependencies?