gnome-libs doesn't find Berkeley DB during configure

[jruschme@…]

Tried to install gnome-libs on MBP running 10.9.3. Installation fails during configuration due to being unable to find db.h (Berekeley db). Command-line tools are correctly installed and /usr/include/db.h is present.

Problem also occurs on a system running 10.7.5, but not on a G4 running 10.5.8. (Compilation fails on 10.5.8 due to code not being updated for libpng >= 1.4.)

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please attach the config.log.

[jruschme@…]

That makes more sense... it's trying to use /lib/cpp (which doesn't exist) for the test.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Clang is warning about an unused argument, and configure seems to be interpreting any output to stderr as failure. Try removing the line

configure.cppflags-append "-L${prefix}/lib”

from the portfile.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Attached is a patch to fix the configuration issues, works for me on 10.8. However, build now fails (not surprisingly) due to API problems with current version of libpng. Attaching log for failed build.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Build log showing libpng problem

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Build log showing db46 problem

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Attached patch revised to include additional dependencies and libpng API fixes. Build now fails with db46 API issues.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Looks like it wants db185 compatibility mode. This means that db46 needs to be rebuilt with --enable-compat185 option.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Patch to add +compat185 variant to db46

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Patch attached that adds a +compat185 variant to db46. To install db46 with db185 compatibility mode (after applying this patch) use

sudo port install db46 +compat185

This fixes the db46 API issues but fails again during linking due to a missing -ldb

/usr/bin/clang -pipe -Os -fstrict-aliasing -funroll-loops -arch x86_64 -Wall -Wunused -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch x86_64 -o .libs/gnome-dump-metadata gnome-dump.o -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreAudio  -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib/db46 -L./.libs -lgnome -L../support/.libs -lgnomesupport -lesd -lglib -lintl -lz -lm
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "___db185_open", referenced from:
      _main in gnome-dump.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Build log showing link error

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

revised patch with fix for -ldb link error

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

gnome-libs patch updated with fix for link error. Now more libpng API issues. Are we having fun yet? Will get back to this later today.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

revised patch with final libpng fixes, dependencies, db46 variant check

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Patch updated with additional libpng fixes, a missing dependency and adds a check for the db46 +compatdb185 variant before configuration.

Fix to add this variant to db46 committed in r121187.

With these final changes gnome-info builds for me. Note that gnome-libs does not provide a pkg-config file so you make have to include some or all of the following include paths to get your project to build

configure.cppflags-append -I${prefix}/include/gnome-1.0 \
                          -I${prefix}/lib/gnome-libs/include \
                          -I${prefix}/include/gtk-1.2 \
                          -I${prefix}/include/glib-1.2 \
                          -I${prefix}/lib/glib/include

Please test with your app and let me know if this works for you or there are still some problems. If it does work, I'll commit the changes to the port.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

(Compilation fails on 10.5.8 due to code not being updated for libpng >= 1.4.)

I think that this might be the one I ran into on 10.6.8, which I fixed in my local gnome-libs Portfile by hacking the autoheader-generated config header. Then again I made some other changes as well, so it might have been something else, I forget...

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Replying to egall@…:

(Compilation fails on 10.5.8 due to code not being updated for libpng >= 1.4.)

I think that this might be the one I ran into on 10.6.8, which I fixed in my local gnome-libs Portfile by hacking the autoheader-generated config header. Then again I made some other changes as well, so it might have been something else, I forget...

Not sure I understand your comment. The patches attached (but not committed yet) fix the issue of libpng >= 1.4.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Replying to devans@…:

Replying to egall@…:

(Compilation fails on 10.5.8 due to code not being updated for libpng >= 1.4.)

I think that this might be the one I ran into on 10.6.8, which I fixed in my local gnome-libs Portfile by hacking the autoheader-generated config header. Then again I made some other changes as well, so it might have been something else, I forget...

Not sure I understand your comment. The patches attached (but not committed yet) fix the issue of libpng >= 1.4.

Sorry, I was just responding to the OP; I hadn't read the posts in between yet... anyways, I see them now, so sorry for the noise...

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Build fixes committed in r121425.