wxWidgets-3.2 fails on 10.11 and earlier

[YesNo801]

$ sudo port install wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Computing dependencies for wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Fetching archive for wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Attempting to fetch wxWidgets-3.2-3.1.4_1.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Attempting to fetch wxWidgets-3.2-3.1.4_1.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://cph.dk.packages.macports.org/wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Attempting to fetch wxWidgets-3.2-3.1.4_1.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Fetching distfiles for wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Verifying checksums for wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Extracting wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Applying patches to wxWidgets-3.2
--->  Configuring wxWidgets-3.2
Error: Failed to configure wxWidgets-3.2, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_graphics_wxWidgets-3.2/wxWidgets-3.2/work/wxWidgets-3.1.4/build/config.log
Error: Failed to configure wxWidgets-3.2: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_graphics_wxWidgets-3.2/wxWidgets-3.2/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port wxWidgets-3.2 failed

[YesNo801]

/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_graphics_wxWidgets-3.2/wxWidgets-3.2/main.log

[YesNo801]

/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_graphics_wxWidgets-3.2/wxWidgets-3.2/work/wxWidgets-3.1.4/build/config.log

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

For all I know wxWidgets 3.2 dropped support for Lion, so the best we can do is fail even earlier than during configure.

The error log suggests a potentially different problem (I didn't parse the config.log yet), but their changes.txt says

Under macOS, 10.11 SDK is the minimum SDK, building and deploying under 10.10.5 and
  higher is supported, you must use at least Xcode 7.2.1.

[kencu (Ken)]

These blockers are rarely accurate with respect to MacPort's capabilities, but somebody needs to dig into the guts and figure it out.

[YesNo801]

Hi,

Contrary to what is now being said about wxWidgets-3.2, the previous minor version @3.1.3 installs very well in Lion 10.7.5. Unfortunately, this version has disappeared from the archive and has been replaced with minor @3.1.4, which is said to no longer work from 10.10 onwards. There are several programs that depend on wxWidgets-3.2 that no longer work due to a minor version. What is the way to use wxWidgets-3.2 @ 3.1.3 that works in Lion 10.7.5? Thanks,

[ctreleaven (Craig Treleaven)]

After updating to v. 3.2.4, wxWidgets failed to build on the 10.11 and earlier buildbots. At a glance the failures are in different places on the different OS versions. I will attach the build logs here in case someone picks this up after they have been deleted.

I do note that wxWidgets has a very extensive set of options in configure and we might possibly just turn off selected feature, on older OS versions, to avoid some of these build failures. Other problems might be addressed via the legacy-support portgroup. I no longer have access to older OS versions to do any such testing. (Also lack the motivation!)

[ctreleaven (Craig Treleaven)]

In 5cf3a683e689ff1b13021d630f6e6ef01666ef30/macports-ports (master):

wxWidgets-3.2: don't waste cycles on 10.11 and earlier

See: #62087

[barracuda156]

Replying to YesNo801:

Hi,

Contrary to what is now being said about wxWidgets-3.2, the previous minor version @3.1.3 installs very well in Lion 10.7.5. Unfortunately, this version has disappeared from the archive and has been replaced with minor @3.1.4, which is said to no longer work from 10.10 onwards. There are several programs that depend on wxWidgets-3.2 that no longer work due to a minor version. What is the way to use wxWidgets-3.2 @ 3.1.3 that works in Lion 10.7.5? Thanks,

I think the proper solution is wxGTK. That is likely to work even for 10.5.

[barracuda156]

Replying to YesNo801:

Contrary to what is now being said about wxWidgets-3.2, the previous minor version @3.1.3 installs very well in Lion 10.7.5. Unfortunately, this version has disappeared from the archive and has been replaced with minor @3.1.4, which is said to no longer work from 10.10 onwards.

This is what has broken it: ​https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/commit/199a3f51ef2e6f4e99d0fdea410463ccda49fce2