postgresql83 does not build in OS 10.9

[lukewmo (Luke Mo)]

I installed xcode 5 and the tools. Postgresql93 build nicely, but not postfresql83. The error message is the following:

Configuring postgresql83
Error: Failed to configure postgresql83, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_postgresql83/postgresql83/work/postgresql-8.3.23/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port postgresql83 returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: Failed to install postgresql83
Please see the log file for port postgresql83 for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_postgresql83/postgresql83/main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please attach the main.log file.

[lukewmo (Luke Mo)]

I attach the whole installation and messages here:

localhost$ sudo port install postgresql83
passwd
--->  Computing dependencies for postgresql83
--->  Dependencies to be installed: ossp-uuid
--->  Fetching archive for ossp-uuid
--->  Attempting to fetch ossp-uuid-1.6.2_1.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/ossp-uuid
--->  Attempting to fetch ossp-uuid-1.6.2_1.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/ossp-uuid
--->  Attempting to fetch ossp-uuid-1.6.2_1.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/ossp-uuid
--->  Fetching distfiles for ossp-uuid
--->  Attempting to fetch uuid-1.6.2.tar.gz from http://ftp4.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/
--->  Verifying checksums for ossp-uuid
--->  Extracting ossp-uuid
--->  Applying patches to ossp-uuid
--->  Configuring ossp-uuid
--->  Building ossp-uuid
--->  Staging ossp-uuid into destroot
--->  Installing ossp-uuid @1.6.2_1
--->  Activating ossp-uuid @1.6.2_1
--->  Cleaning ossp-uuid
--->  Fetching archive for postgresql83
--->  Attempting to fetch postgresql83-8.3.23_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/postgresql83
--->  Attempting to fetch postgresql83-8.3.23_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/postgresql83
--->  Attempting to fetch postgresql83-8.3.23_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/postgresql83
--->  Fetching distfiles for postgresql83
--->  Attempting to fetch postgresql-8.3.23.tar.bz2 from http://distfiles.macports.org/postgresql83
--->  Verifying checksums for postgresql83
--->  Extracting postgresql83
--->  Applying patches to postgresql83
--->  Configuring postgresql83
Error: Failed to configure postgresql83, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_postgresql83/postgresql83/work/postgresql-8.3.23/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port postgresql83 returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port postgresql83 for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_postgresql83/postgresql83/main.log
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Error: Processing of port postgresql83 failed

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

That is not the main.log. The log file location is very explicitly printed at the end of what you pasted. Please clean, try again, and attach that file.

[merul@…]

main.log for failed install

[merul@…]

Hmmph. My comment was lost.

I've attached the log for a similar failed install on two Mavericks machines. HTH.

/me stumped

[jyrkiwahlstedt]

I am quite curious, why this is necessary. PostgreSQL 8.3 has been EOL’d at the beginning of this year, v. 9.x have been available since forever… If you have a 8.3 database, you should have upgraded long ago. I don’t own the ticket, but I’d say this won’t be fixed due to reasons I mentioned.

[merul@…]

I have some old legacy applications that are still happily using Postgres 8.3, and the port seemed to build fine on Mountain lion. Will look into upgrade impacts.

[merul@…]

That's a shame. Postgresql84 isn't EOL'd but it also fails to install. Will file a ticket for that port separately. I'm happy to see this ticket closed given jwa rightly points out it's EOL'd

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

If you don't want to update the port anymore, mark it as replaced_by a more recent version of postgresql. Or at least mark the port as not installing on newer operating systems.

[andrewbass@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Or, just fix it, since we already know what the fix is since we applied it to the other ports already. r125622