qof @0.8.8: error: cannot find the library './libqofsql.la' or unhandled argument './libqofsql.la'

[barracuda156]

This is on 10.6.8 Rosetta:

mv -f .deps/sql_parse_test.Tpo .deps/sql_parse_test.Po
/bin/sh ../../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 -g -pipe -Os -arch ppc -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -pipe -Os -arch ppc  -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch ppc -o sql_parse_test sql_parse_test.o ./libqofsql.la -L/opt/local/lib -lglib-2.0 -lintl 
libtool:   error: cannot find the library './libqofsql.la' or unhandled argument './libqofsql.la'
make[3]: *** [sql_parse_test] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_databases_qof/qof/work/qof-0.8.8/lib/libsql'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_databases_qof/qof/work/qof-0.8.8/lib'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_databases_qof/qof/work/qof-0.8.8'
make: *** [all] Error 2

(10.6 PPC fails identically.)

[evanmiller (Evan Miller)]

This is failing across the board:

​https://ports.macports.org/port/qof/builds/

The port (and project) has not been meaningfully updated since 2016.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The qof port says the homepage is at sourceforge. The ​sourceforge page says it has moved to alioth. The alioth service was discontinued years ago. The ​last archived version of the homepage on alioth says the project is obsolete; I see no other information or downloads there. There is only one port that depends on qof: gnotime. There are no ports depending on gnotime.

However I did find a ​GitHub repository for qof which has a three commits past the 0.8.8 release, the ​first of which looks like it will fix this problem.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In 93d474bf92301b1d33e9de47f97c8a37bb8dee21/macports-ports (master):

qof: Fix build failures

Closes: #64877

[barracuda156]

Replying to ryandesign:

In 93d474bf92301b1d33e9de47f97c8a37bb8dee21/macports-ports (master):

qof: Fix build failures

Closes: #64877

Thank you! It builds now:

svacchanda$ port -v installed qof
The following ports are currently installed:
  qof @0.8.8_0 (active) requested_variants='' platform='darwin 10' archs='ppc' date='2022-03-24T16:28:54+0800'