kaffe update to 1.1.9 fails, need libtool 1.5?

[jul_bsd@…]

Trying to build 1.1.9 (1.1.7 in ports)

• build fails

  configure:22253: checking for library containing lt_dlcaller_register
  configure:22294: /usr/bin/clang -o conftest -pipe -Os -fstrict-aliasing -funroll-loops -L/opt/local/lib -arch i386 -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch i386 conftest.c   >&5
  Undefined symbols for architecture i386:
    "_lt_dlcaller_register", referenced from:
        _main in conftest-9687c1.o
  ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
  clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
  

​http://www.kaffe.org/pipermail/kaffe/2008-July/191143.html seems to say it needs libtool 1.5 which is not in macports (only 2)

• add a warning/abandon software

maybe removing the port would be better...

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Since you're using the github portgroup, it's not expected for you to need to set master_sites, distname, worksrcdir, or livecheck.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

maybe removing the port would be better...

I think there's something in base (or maybe the Java PortGroup, or maybe it's just a common idiom, I forget) that automatically adds a dependency on bin:java:kaffe for ports that use java... If we do remove kaffe, I'd like to see Landon's work on openjdk7 merged into trunk as a replacement for it, so that ports that currently depend on kaffe for java can depend on openjdk7 instead.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[jul_bsd@…]

Cc Me!

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

In 2645f588a1540c4ac8252250e559d8630cdbefdf/macports-ports (master):

kaffe: deprecate

Mark as unsupported by upstream and MacPorts:
upstream project is dormant, and port
has been stuck on an outdated version.

Dependents should be migrated to the Java portgroup.

See #45198

[chrstphrchvz (Christopher Chavez)]

I've opened #60206 to list which ports still use kaffe as a fallback and should instead use the Java portgroup.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Thank you. We don't need to keep this ticket open then.