#50129 closed defect (worksforme)
ghc @7.8.3_4 build failure: Missing C library: ncursesw
Reported by: | alexmptrac@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
Component: | ports | Version: | 2.3.4 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Port: | ghc |
Description (last modified by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt))
MacOS version: 10.7.5
XCode version: 4.6.3
The error message in the log is a bit weird because I do in fact have ncurses installed:
$ sudo port installed ncurses The following ports are currently installed: ncurses @5.9_2 ncurses @5.9_2+universal ncurses @6.0_0 ncurses @6.0_0+universal (active) $ ls -l /opt/local/lib/libncurses* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 152380 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses++.6.dylib -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 214032 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses++.a lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 20 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses++.dylib -> libncurses++.6.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 20 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses++w.6.dylib -> libncurses++.6.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 14 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses++w.a -> libncurses++.a lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 20 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses++w.dylib -> libncurses++.6.dylib -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 625468 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses.6.dylib -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 1041448 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses.a lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 18 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncurses.dylib -> libncurses.6.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 18 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncursesw.6.dylib -> libncurses.6.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncursesw.a -> libncurses.a lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 18 12 Sep 08:55 /opt/local/lib/libncursesw.dylib -> libncurses.6.dylib
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Changed 9 years ago by alexmptrac@…
comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by alexmptrac@…
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comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
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Description: | modified (diff) |
comment:3 follow-up: 4 Changed 9 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
I'm a little confused by the line in the log that says:
:info:build configure: loading site script /usr/local/share/config.site
Does this file exist? If so what does it contain?
comment:4 follow-up: 6 Changed 9 years ago by alexmptrac@…
Replying to ryandesign@…:
I'm a little confused by the line in the log that says:
:info:build configure: loading site script /usr/local/share/config.siteDoes this file exist? If so what does it contain?
Oh, well spotted. That was indeed causing the ncurses problem. I didn't think Macports would see it because it was under /usr rather than /opt. (It was actually a workaround for a problem I ran into a few months ago when compiling something that isn't in Macports.)
I have removed the offending /usr/local/share/config.site file and done a 'sudo port clean ghc' and 'sudo port install ghc' and the build gets much further, but eventually dies with a linker error. I will attach the new log file.
Changed 9 years ago by alexmptrac@…
Attachment: | main.2.log added |
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comment:5 follow-up: 7 Changed 9 years ago by neverpanic (Clemens Lang)
That's a weird error message - it seems like there is a problem internal to GHC's build process, because it fails to find a file that GHC itself should have produced (from what I understand).
Can you try again using sudo port install ghc -- build.jobs=1
to rule out any race conditions?
comment:6 follow-up: 8 Changed 9 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
Replying to alexmptrac@…:
Oh, well spotted. That was indeed causing the ncurses problem. I didn't think Macports would see it because it was under /usr rather than /opt. (It was actually a workaround for a problem I ran into a few months ago when compiling something that isn't in Macports.)
Unfortunately, files in /usr/local do interfere with MacPorts; see wiki:FAQ#usrlocal.
comment:7 follow-up: 9 Changed 9 years ago by alexmptrac@…
Replying to cal@…:
That's a weird error message - it seems like there is a problem internal to GHC's build process, because it fails to find a file that GHC itself should have produced (from what I understand).
Can you try again using
sudo port install ghc -- build.jobs=1
to rule out any race conditions?
The build ran for a long time then died with a different bizarre error. At this point I started to suspect I might be running out of memory, so I quit everything except Terminal and tried again. After about an hour and a half it succeeded!
Thanks a lot for your help.
comment:8 Changed 9 years ago by alexmptrac@…
Replying to ryandesign@…:
Replying to alexmptrac@…:
Oh, well spotted. That was indeed causing the ncurses problem. I didn't think Macports would see it because it was under /usr rather than /opt. (It was actually a workaround for a problem I ran into a few months ago when compiling something that isn't in Macports.)
Unfortunately, files in /usr/local do interfere with MacPorts; see wiki:FAQ#usrlocal.
Ah, I see. It sounds like it might be time for me to learn how to create a port; that would probably have solved my problem in a cleaner way.
comment:9 Changed 9 years ago by neverpanic (Clemens Lang)
Resolution: | → worksforme |
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Status: | new → closed |
Replying to alexmptrac@…:
The build ran for a long time then died with a different bizarre error. At this point I started to suspect I might be running out of memory, so I quit everything except Terminal and tried again. After about an hour and a half it succeeded!
Oh, OK, yeah, that would explain why it happened earlier when you were using parallel building. Unfortunately, there's probably very little we can do about this. GHC is just a large software package. Fortunately, the situation should improve as soon as we have a buildbot for El Capitan, because pre-built binaries will be available for GHC then.
I'll close this as worksforme, because I'm not sure what I should do about this.
Cc Me!