build of lftp @4.8.3 fails due to automake version error

[emsisson]

Attempted to build

lftp @4.8.3

which installed automake as a dependency. The build of lftp failed with the following messages:

Error: Failed to build lftp: command execution failed

Error: See \

/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_net_lftp/lftp/main.log \

for details.

Error: Follow ​https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.

Error: Processing of port lftp failed

Inspecting file .../main.log referenced above found the following lines:

:info:build

/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_net_lftp/lftp/work/lftp-4.8.3/build-aux/missing: line 81: automake-1.15: command not found

:info:build WARNING: 'automake-1.15' is missing on your system.

:info:build You should only need it if you modified 'Makefile.am' or

:info:build 'configure.ac' or m4 files included by 'configure.ac'.

:info:build The 'automake' program is part of the GNU Automake package:

:info:build <​http://www.gnu.org/software/automake>

:info:build It also requires GNU Autoconf, GNU m4 and Perl in order to run:

:info:build <​http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf>

:info:build <​http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/>

:info:build <​http://www.perl.org/>

:info:build make: * [Makefile.in] Error 1

As I mentioned, automake was installed as a dependency. Checking shows the following:

$ which automake

/opt/local/bin/automake

$ automake --version

automake (GNU automake) 1.16.1

Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <​https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@…>

and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@…>.

Checking whether version 1.15 was available showed the following:

$ port info 'automake*'

-- output shows the following:

automake @1.16.1 (devel)

automake17 @1.7.9_2 (devel)

Checking the bug tracker found the following:

#54523 closed defect (duplicate)

Port "lftp" fails due to version mismatch

Duplicate of #54491

Following the link to #54491 shows the following:

#54491 closed defect (fixed)

lftp @ 4.7.7.1 automake version error

I now am finding the bug with lftp @4.8.3, so this bug seems to keep returning from the dead.