CGAL fails to configure on Mavericks

[johnchristopherbowers+macports@…]

I was having trouble getting CGAL to install, so I uninstalled macports completely and then downloaded the latest from the macports website and reinstalled.

I then attempted:

sudo port install cgal +qt4 +universal +demos

After macports installed all the dependencies successfully (including QT4), I get the following error:

--->  Configuring cgal
Error: org.macports.configure for port cgal returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port cgal for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gis_cgal/cgal/main.log
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Error: Processing of port cgal failed

I am attaching the main.log file and CMakeError.log and CMakeOutput.log logs.

[johnchristopherbowers+macports@…]

I just tried the default variant and it installed successfully:

sudo port install cgal

However, I want to install the +qt4 +universal +demos variant.

[seanfarley (Sean Farley)]

Ok, I was able to reproduce this and found the +demos variant to be the problem. Also, unless you specifically have a reason for +universal, I would recommend dropping that. Looking at the errors, I think this is because CGAL 4.4 demos don't work with cmake 3.0. From their ​release page, it seems that 4.5 will have fixes for this and is due in a month, so I'm inclined to wait for the new release.

[seanfarley (Sean Farley)]

This variant is beyond broken. By design, cgal needs to be installed first, then the demos and examples can be compiled later. So, I've removed the variant in r130957 and would recommend that people download the source if they want to run the demos.

[Veence (Vincent)]

Thanks Sean for talking care of this. I had totally overlooked it. Happy 2015 by the way!

[seanfarley (Sean Farley)]

No problem!