metis build fails

[lord@…]

rosody /Users/lord/tmp# port install octave
--->  Computing dependencies for octave
--->  Dependencies to be installed: metis qhull qrupdate texinfo
--->  Fetching archive for metis
--->  Attempting to fetch metis-5.1.0_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/metis
--->  Attempting to fetch metis-5.1.0_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/metis
--->  Attempting to fetch metis-5.1.0_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/metis
--->  Fetching distfiles for metis
--->  Verifying checksums for metis
--->  Extracting metis
--->  Applying patches to metis
--->  Configuring metis
Error: org.macports.configure for port metis returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: Failed to install metis
Please see the log file for port metis for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_metis/metis/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: metis qhull qrupdate texinfo
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port octave failed

Log file attacged

[lord@…]

Could be related to [110134]

[lord@…]

This also seems to be relevant: #40250.

Please advise on workaround for this problem.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Hmm, the log says:

:info:configure CMake Error at /opt/local/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake:190 (message):
:info:configure   CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is '10.8' but CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT:
:info:configure
:info:configure    ""
:info:configure
:info:configure   is not set to a MacOSX SDK with a recognized version.  Either set
:info:configure   CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT to a valid SDK or set CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET to
:info:configure   empty.

I don't get this error on my system, OS X 10.8.5, with Xcode 5. What version of Xcode do you have? Are your ports up to date -- have you run "sudo port selfupdate" lately?

[lord@…]

I am running XCode Version 5.0 (5A1413). And yes, I did selfupdate several times today.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I'm not sure where cmake records information about what went wrong. Could you attach the file CMakeCache.txt that's in the directory that will be opened in the Finder by running this command in the Terminal:

open $(port work metis)/*/build/*

Maybe it will shed some light.

[lord@…]

Please find attached.

FYI - this is a fresh install of macports. I removed my old macports install and installed from scrarch yesterday.

[lord@…]

If there is any other information I could provide to help to diagnose this? I need octave for work and I hate to switching away from ports to homebrew as some people suggest :(

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

There are quite a lot of settings in my CMakeCache.txt that aren't in yours and I'm not sure why. Are you running the same version of cmake as me? I have cmake 2.8.11.2.

[lord@…]

I have cmake version 2.8.11.2.

prosody /Users/lord/src/spiral> port info cmake
Warning: xcodebuild exists but failed to execute
cmake @2.8.11.2 (devel)
Variants:             gui, universal

Description:          An extensible, open-source system that manages the build process in an operating system and
                      compiler independent manner. Unlike many cross-platform systems, CMake is designed to be used
                      in conjunction with the native build environment.
Homepage:             http://www.cmake.org/

Library Dependencies: libidn, openssl
Platforms:            darwin, freebsd
License:              BSD
Maintainers:          css@macports.org

[lord@…]

I attempted to re-install cmake building it from source code and surprisingly it does not compile! port install -v -s cmake fails. See attached log. Looks like something is broken but I could not figure out why. I have fresh XCode 5 and ports install. Compiler seem to be working...

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

What does "xcodebuild -version" say? Are your ​command line tools up to date for your version of Xcode?

[lord@…]

I have command line tools installed.

prosody /Users/lord# xcodebuild -version
Xcode 5.0
Build version 5A1413

I noticed that xcode-select works only from root: As root:

prosody /Users/lord# xcode-select -print-path
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

As myself:

prosody /Users/lord> xcode-select -print-path
xcode-select: Error: Incorrect permissions for data file at '/usr/share/xcode-select/xcode_dir_link'. Run xcode-select -switch <xcode_folder_path> to reset the path to the Xcode folder.

So if part of a build is executed as non-root it might cause problems? However I run port command as root.

[lord@…]

Non-root xcode-select problem is solved. Apparently it is not enough to do xcode-selct from command line. One needs to go to XCode preferences, "Locations" tab and select command line tools there. This solves the permission issue:

prosody /Users/lord> xcode-select -print-path
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Checking if this solves the compilation problem....

[lord@…]

I confirm that this solved the issue and now metis compiles OK. Apparently this is a major gotcha with upgrade to XCode 5 and I suggest updating installation ​instructions web site to reflect this by adding the following text:

After installing command line tools, go to XCode preferences, "Locations" tab and select latest command line tools version there.

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Replying to lord@…:

Apparently this is a major gotcha with upgrade to XCode 5

Is it? I did not have to make this change when updating from Xcode 4.x to 5.

[lord@…]

Well, all I can say it happened to me and I found the solution mentioned somewhere on the stackoveflow. Even if it affects small percent of users perhaps it worth mentioning to save them hours of headache...