vsftpd: Undefined pam symbols

[temeo31]

Hi,

Here is my configuration : Mac OS 11.1 (Big Sur) - Xcode 12.3 - Macports 2.6.4

I'm trying to install vsftpd but I got an issue during the build step :

--->  Fetching archive for vsftpd
--->  Attempting to fetch vsftpd-3.0.3_1.darwin_20.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/vsftpd
--->  Attempting to fetch vsftpd-3.0.3_1.darwin_20.x86_64.tbz2 from http://atl.us.packages.macports.org/vsftpd
--->  Attempting to fetch vsftpd-3.0.3_1.darwin_20.x86_64.tbz2 from https://cph.dk.packages.macports.org/vsftpd
--->  Fetching distfiles for vsftpd
--->  Verifying checksums for vsftpd
--->  Extracting vsftpd
--->  Applying patches to vsftpd
--->  Configuring vsftpd
--->  Building vsftpd
Error: Failed to build vsftpd: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_net_vsftpd/vsftpd/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port vsftpd failed

[temeo31]

vsftpd install log file

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The log shows undefined pam symbols.

This project uses a custom build system that includes a script called vsf_findlibs.sh that is supposed to determine what libraries to link with. It determines this based on what files are present in the file system. On Big Sur and later, system libraries are no longer present in the file system (they are only present in the library cache), so it fails to find the library to link with. The vsf_findlibs.sh script might have to be enhanced to understand how to search for libraries in the cache, or we might have to hardcode the list of libraries it should link with for macOS.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Here is the Homebrew pull request where they fixed this issue: ​https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/67508

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In 9d70d4fb961e1103f791008a1cee11bd11fe6b4e/macports-ports (master):

vsftpd: Fix build on Big Sur and later

Fix finding OS libraries now that they're no longer present in the
filesystem.

Closes: #62030