CocoaDialog @2.1.1_1: error: could not decode input file using specified encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)

[dzogrim (Séв(aѕтιen) L.)]

:debug:sysinfo macOS 10.14 (darwin/18.2.0) arch i386
:debug:sysinfo MacPorts 2.5.4
:debug:sysinfo Xcode 10.1
:debug:sysinfo SDK 10.14
:debug:sysinfo MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.14
:debug:main CocoaDialog has no conflicts
:info:build     ARCHS = x86_64
:info:build     CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY = libc++
:info:build     GCC_VERSION = com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0
:info:build     INSTALL_PATH = /Applications/MacPorts
:info:build     MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.14

:info:build     cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog
:info:build     builtin-copy -exclude .DS_Store -exclude CVS -exclude .svn -exclude .git -exclude .hg -strip-debug-symbols -strip-tool /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/strip -resolve-src-symlinks /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/COPYING /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/build/Deployment/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/Resources
:info:build CopyStringsFile /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/build/Deployment/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings (in target: CocoaDialog)
:info:build     cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog
:info:build     builtin-copyStrings --validate --inputencoding utf-8 --outputencoding UTF-16 --outdir /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/build/Deployment/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj -- /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
:info:build error: could not decode input file using specified encoding: Unicode (UTF-8), and the file contents appear to be encoded in Unicode (UTF-16)
:info:build ** BUILD FAILED **
:info:build The following build commands failed:
:info:build 	CopyStringsFile /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/build/Deployment/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
:info:build (1 failure)
:info:build Command failed: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog" && /usr/bin/xcodebuild  -target "CocoaDialog" -configuration Deployment build INSTALL_PATH=/Applications/MacPorts  OBJROOT="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/build/" SYMROOT="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog/build/" MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.14 ARCHS=x86_64 SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk" GCC_VERSION=com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0 CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY="libc++"
:info:build Exit code: 65
:error:build Failed to build CocoaDialog: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: NONE
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
:debug:build     while executing
:debug:build "$procedure $targetname"

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

I see the same error on High Sierra.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The project has ​moved to GitHub however no new release has been made there and there are no tags or downloads for old releases (they apparently got lost when moving the project to a new GitHub organization). ​The web site is offline. There is ​a binary of a newer version called 3.0.0beta7, which was later ​rebranded as 2.3.7. The source code for that version is in ​this commit. We could try updating the port to that version. If we do, I recommend we patch it to make sure the version number shows as 2.3.7.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In bd6fa5fbaaa802ec7a03fb04091212c4f4992ece/macports-ports (master):

CocoaDialog: Update to 2.3.7

Closes: #57988

[dzogrim (Séв(aѕтιen) L.)]

Thanks! Not the same problem then, but staging is still in failure state (after cleaning and so on…) and can't install cocoaDialog:

:info:destroot ** INSTALL FAILED **
:info:destroot The following build commands failed:
:info:destroot 	SymLink /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog-f0bf3a7704437bc0b6df52709735589a06bfd8a0/build/Release/cocoaDialog.app /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/destroot/Applications/MacPorts/cocoaDialog.app
:info:destroot (1 failure)
:info:destroot Command failed: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog-f0bf3a7704437bc0b6df52709735589a06bfd8a0" && /usr/bin/xcodebuild  -target "cocoaDialog" -configuration Release install INSTALL_PATH=/Applications/MacPorts  OBJROOT="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog-f0bf3a7704437bc0b6df52709735589a06bfd8a0/build/" SYMROOT="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/cocoadialog-f0bf3a7704437bc0b6df52709735589a06bfd8a0/build/" MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.14 ARCHS=x86_64 SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk" GCC_VERSION=com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0 CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY="libc++"  DSTROOT="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_CocoaDialog/CocoaDialog/work/destroot"
:info:destroot Exit code: 65
:error:destroot Failed to destroot CocoaDialog: command execution failed
:debug:destroot Error code: NONE
:debug:destroot Backtrace: command execution failed
:debug:destroot     while executing
:debug:destroot "$procedure $targetname"

I'll try the binary…

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

There's not enough of the transcript there to know for sure, but it's probably #57137. I'm seeing a build failure on the Mojave buildbot worker because of that.

[dzogrim (Séв(aѕтιen) L.)]

Error: Failed to destroot CocoaDialog: command execution failed

[dzogrim (Séв(aѕтιen) L.)]

Hi, I just joined the full transcript if it can help… anyway, thanks for the d/l link; the binary is working fine.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Yup, that's the derived data problem.