gtk2 @2.24.32_0+x11: Configure error on 10.4.11

[evanmiller (Evan Miller)]

When attempting to install gtk2 I see this in the main log:

:info:configure config.status: executing depfiles commands
:info:configure config.status: error: in `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gtk2/gtk2/work/gtk+-2.24.32':
:info:configure config.status: error: Something went wrong bootstrapping makefile fragments
:info:configure     for automatic dependency tracking.  If GNU make was not used, consider
:info:configure     re-running the configure script with MAKE="gmake" (or whatever is
:info:configure     necessary).  You can also try re-running configure with the
:info:configure     '--disable-dependency-tracking' option to at least be able to build
:info:configure     the package (albeit without support for automatic dependency tracking).
:info:configure See `config.log' for more details

config.log contains (not much extra help):

config.status:1852: cd perf       && sed -e '/# am--include-marker/d' Makefile         | make -f - am--depfiles
config.status:1857: $? = 0
config.status:1861: error: in `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gtk2/gtk2/work/gtk+-2.24.32':
config.status:1863: error: Something went wrong bootstrapping makefile fragments
    for automatic dependency tracking.  If GNU make was not used, consider
    re-running the configure script with MAKE="gmake" (or whatever is
    necessary).  You can also try re-running configure with the
    '--disable-dependency-tracking' option to at least be able to build
    the package (albeit without support for automatic dependency tracking).
See `config.log' for more details

System information:

:debug:main Starting logging for gtk2 @2.24.32_0+x11
:debug:sysinfo Mac OS X 10.4.11 (darwin/8.11.0) arch powerpc
:debug:sysinfo MacPorts 2.7.1
:debug:sysinfo Xcode 2.5
:debug:sysinfo SDK 10.4
:debug:sysinfo MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.4

Attaching main.log and config.log for review.

[evanmiller (Evan Miller)]

Main gtk2 log

[evanmiller (Evan Miller)]

gtk2 configure log

[kencu (Ken)]

There are a few idiosyncracies when building things on Tiger. One of them is this --disable-dependency-tracking issue.

I forget just now why Tiger shows this more than other systems. Presumably it has to do with the older "make" program it defaults to, but somehow I think that is not all of the explanation. The "scientific basis" for it aside, in practical terms, what you do when this happens is to edit the Portfile:

bbedit `port file gtk2`

and add that configure argument it wants in the right place in the Portfile, below the other configure args, where it won't get clobbered:

configure.args-append --disable-dependency-tracking

and then clean your build and try again:

sudo port clean gtk2
sudo port -v install gtk2

and with luck you will either get a successful build, or at least get to the next issue down the chain.

Your portfile edits are all erased each time you do a sudo port selfuldate so you don't need to worry about making a mess of things. You can save your edits if you want to do that by creating a local repository of your edited Portfiles, but that is for another day.

[evanmiller (Evan Miller)]

Thanks for the explanation and workaround – although I don't find either all that satisfying!

It sounds like if I implement the workaround, and gtk2 is later updated in the ports tree, then I may hit the issue again. Is that correct?

[kencu (Ken)]

well that is where you open a PR with your fix and see if you can sell it here to MacPorts.

that is how I started -- 1.2 million PRs and commits ago ;>

[kencu (Ken)]

If you have fixes that you have made to ports, and you can't seem to sell them, you can keep them for yourself locally.

It takes 2 minutes to set your second one up. The first one takes a bit longer while you sort it out. The gory details for local portfile repos are here:

​https://guide.macports.org/chunked/development.local-repositories.html

my own local repo for Tiger is here:

​http://github.com/kencu/TigerPorts.git

[evanmiller (Evan Miller)]

Got it – thanks for the info. I'll see if I can make any progress on the issue.

[kencu (Ken)]

In a395e9281c8688b662a03b75f1bcb1e1d67ccee2/macports-ports (master):

gtk2: disable dependency tracking on Tiger

closes: #63149

[kencu (Ken)]

that turns out to be all it wanted, in this case. So I pushed it.

[evanmiller (Evan Miller)]

Thanks for the change - it configures just fine now. Just waiting on the G3 to build it...