gmp: nawk: syntax error at source line 1 source file ./conf5pflxn/subs.awk

[didier.regniaud@…]

Hi
When i tried to install bmp by

sudo port -v install gmp

i get the error:

...
checking for readline/history.h... yes
checking readline detected... yes
checking for bison... bison -y
checking for flex... flex
checking lex output file root... lex.yy
checking lex library... -ll
checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes
checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
creating config.m4
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating demos/pexpr-config.h
nawk: syntax error at source line 1 source file ./conf5pflxn/subs.awk
 context is
	 >>> BEGIN <<<  {
nawk: bailing out at source line 255
config.status: error: could not create demos/pexpr-config.h
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_gmp/gmp/work/gmp-6.0.0" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --enable-cxx 
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to configure gmp, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_gmp/gmp/work/gmp-6.0.0/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port gmp returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Warning: targets not executed for gmp: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Please see the log file for port gmp for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_gmp/gmp/main.log
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Error: Processing of port bmp failed

Any ideas?

Thanks
Didier

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

It looks like you have nawk installed, and gmp is incompatible with it. Try deactivating nawk, then building gmp, then (if desired) reactivating nawk again.

sudo port clean gmp
sudo port -f deactivate nawk
sudo port install gmp
sudo port activate nawk

If that fixes it, we should add "conflicts_build nawk" to the port.

I've seen many configure scripts be incompatible with nawk, so you may want to consider not re-activating nawk, and using a different awk implementation instead, such as gawk.

[didier.regniaud@…]

HI and thx a lot

It's ok when i desactivate nawk

Didier

ps : howto to close the ticket?

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

It looks like you have nawk installed, and gmp is incompatible with it. Try deactivating nawk, then building gmp, then (if desired) reactivating nawk again.

sudo port clean gmp
sudo port -f deactivate nawk
sudo port install gmp
sudo port activate nawk

If that fixes it, we should add "conflicts_build nawk" to the port.

Or instead add a build dependency on gawk, which saves the user the trouble of having to deactivate nawk.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[neverpanic (Clemens Lang)]

Or, try explicitly specifying a version of awk, e.g.

configure.env-append AWK=/usr/bin/awk

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Replying to cal@…:

Or, try explicitly specifying a version of awk, e.g.

configure.env-append AWK=/usr/bin/awk

Actually I suppose in this specific port's case that might be the better idea, because gawk might be installed with its +mpfr variant, which would lead to a circular dependency... the mawk port does not experience the circular dependency issue though, and it gets checked between gawk and nawk in the AC_PROG_AWK macro, so adding a build dependency on mawk could also work...

[MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)]

Fixed in r127048.
Thanks for the report.