libgcc-devel @12-20220828_0+stdlib_flag build failure: use of undeclared identifier 'PTR'

[physicsbeany]

I'm running "port upgrade outdated" on my 2021 Macbook (Apple M1 Pro) running MacOS Monterey (12.5.1). The upgrade is failing with libgcc-devel, and when I look in the log file, the first instance of "error" I see is the following:

:info:build /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_github.com_macports_macports-ports_lang_gcc-devel/libgcc-devel/work/gcc-12-branch-95e1e79418aabc0440b44362c818e0e7072847d8/libiberty/objalloc.c:95:18: error: use of undeclared identifier 'PTR'

[physicsbeany]

logfile of failed upgrade

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

It looks like you're still running MacPorts 2.7.1. Can you upgrade to 2.7.2, via sudo port selfupdate, and try again?

Be sure to clean with sudo port clean --all libgcc-devel first though, before reattempting installation.

[physicsbeany]

Hi. Thanks for the advice. I did update to 2.7.2 as suggested, and the error persists.

I also ran "sudo port clean --all libgcc-devel" before attempting the upgrade -- the error persists.

[should I Modify the Ticket to 2.7.2?]

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to physicsbeany:

Hi. Thanks for the advice. I did update to 2.7.2 as suggested, and the error persists.

I also ran "sudo port clean --all libgcc-devel" before attempting the upgrade -- the error persists.

Can you try the following, to force installation of the pre-built binary: sudo port -b install libgcc-devel.

[physicsbeany]

If I try the pre-built binary route, I get the "no usable archive sites configured" error:

$ sudo port -b install libgcc-devel
Warning: configured user/group <my group name> does not exist, will build as root
--->  Computing dependencies for libgcc-devel
Error: Failed to archivefetch libgcc-devel: Binary-only mode requested with no usable archive sites configured
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_github.com_macports_macports-ports_lang_gcc-devel/libgcc-devel/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port libgcc-devel failed

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

libgcc-devel builds for me on my Mac Mini M1 running macOS 11 latest. I do not have a macOS 12 build machine at this time. This port builds on the MacPorts build bots for both ​macOS 11 and ​12. I honestly can't say what the issue might be; never seen this one before!

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to physicsbeany:

If I try the pre-built binary route, I get the "no usable archive sites configured" error:

$ sudo port -b install libgcc-devel
Warning: configured user/group <my group name> does not exist, will build as root
--->  Computing dependencies for libgcc-devel
Error: Failed to archivefetch libgcc-devel: Binary-only mode requested with no usable archive sites configured

Just curious, did you migrate your MacPorts installation from a previous macOS release?

If so, you need to follow the steps here:

• ​https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration

But if you didn't migrate, then we have more digging to do. Let us know either way!

[cjones051073 (Chris Jones)]

Any specific reason you are using (lib)gcc-devel, instead of the defal which would be libgcc which in turn brings in the gcc12 release ?

The devel ports are always going to be a bit more unstable than the production releases.

[physicsbeany]

@cjoines051073, I had some reason for needing libgcc-devel, but I don't recall the decision-making process. I just looked to see what depended on it, and I got the following:

> port dependents libgcc-devel

OpenBLAS depends on libgcc-devel
gcc12 depends on libgcc-devel
gsl depends on libgcc-devel
libgcc11 depends on libgcc-devel
openmpi-default depends on libgcc-devel

I just tried nuking those five ports -- plus their own dependencies -- and doing a clean reinstall of a top-level port I know I wanted, openmpi. This looked like it was going to avoid libgcc-devel, using libgcc12 instead, but that failed too (different error):

> port install openmpi
--->  Computing dependencies for openmpi
The following dependencies will be installed: 
 gcc12
 libgcc
 libgcc12
 openmpi-default
Continue? [Y/n]: 
Portfile changed since last build; discarding previous state.
--->  Fetching distfiles for libgcc12
--->  Attempting to fetch gcc-12.2.0.tar.xz from https://distfiles.macports.org/gcc12
--->  Verifying checksums for libgcc12                                               
--->  Extracting libgcc12
--->  Applying patches to libgcc12
--->  Configuring libgcc12
--->  Building libgcc12                                  
Error: Failed to build libgcc12: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_github.com_macports_macports-ports_lang_gcc12/libgcc12/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port openmpi failed

I'm attaching that new log here.

[physicsbeany]

log file from failure to install libgcc12 instead of libgcc-devel

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Unless I'm missing something - or you've explicitly disabled it by choice - your system should be installing our pre-built binaries.

Can you kindly respond to my questions in comment:7, before we go down any other rabbit holes?

[physicsbeany]

Hi @mascguy. sorry for missing that question.

This is the only Macports install on this M1 machine, which came with the MacOS version it's running -- Monterey. The OS has gone through a couple of minor updates since then -- 12.4 -> 12.5 -> 12.5.1 -- but I assume those don't require a migration of the kind you're talking about.

As to your other question, I've generally been building from source rather than prebuilt binaries.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to physicsbeany:

Hi @mascguy. sorry for missing that question.

This is the only Macports install on this M1 machine, which came with the MacOS version it's running -- Monterey. The OS has gone through a couple of minor updates since then -- 12.4 -> 12.5 -> 12.5.1 -- but I assume those don't require a migration of the kind you're talking about.

Okay great, that eliminates one variable from the mix. And no, a migration is only necessary when moving to a different major version.

Thanks for confirming!

As to your other question, I've generally been building from source rather than prebuilt binaries.

I suppose there's nothing wrong with that, if you don't mind waiting. (While they are very speedy, even M1 Macs take some time to churn through complex ports like gcc and libgcc.) That being said, by building everything from source, you're also more likely to encounter issues. So caveat emptor!

In the interim, it looks like you don't have a full version of Xcode installed:

debug:sysinfo Xcode none

Can you install that - using the version matching your Xcode Command-Line Tools - and then try again? (You can identify your Xcode CLT version via xcodebuild -version.)

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

@physicsbeany, any updates?

[physicsbeany]

Hi. Sorry for the radio silence. It was a while before I could try this out.

I did install the full Xcode (v. 14), and tried a clean install of this port. It still fails, with the same "PTR" error I was seeing when I was just using command line tools.

Replying to mascguy:

In the interim, it looks like you don't have a full version of Xcode installed:

debug:sysinfo Xcode none

Can you install that - using the version matching your Xcode Command-Line Tools - and then try again? (You can identify your Xcode CLT version via xcodebuild -version.)

Side comment: xcodebuild -version doesn't tell you what version of the CLT you have installed -- it doesn't exist unless you have the full Xcode installed to begin with. Instead I used the clang version (also 14) as a proxy, referring to this table to relate to the CLT version: ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode

[cjones051073 (Chris Jones)]

latest versions of libgcc-devel and libgcc12 build just fine on AppleSilicon

​https://ports.macports.org/port/libgcc-devel/details/

​https://ports.macports.org/port/libgcc12/details/

So I am afraid but the reason for the failures you are seeing are specific to your setup, so you are going to have to investigate yourself.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to cjones051073:

So I am afraid but the reason for the failures you are seeing are specific to your setup, so you are going to have to investigate yourself.

Alternatively, just eliminate these headaches, and use our binaries: They are are built by us from source - as are all dependencies - so they can be trusted.

[physicsbeany]

Replying to mascguy:

Replying to cjones051073:

So I am afraid but the reason for the failures you are seeing are specific to your setup, so you are going to have to investigate yourself.

Alternatively, just eliminate these headaches, and use our binaries: They are built by us from source - as are all dependencies - so they can be trusted.

As I noted in a reply upthread (comment:5), I did try a binary install, but it failed immediately with a "no usable archive sites configured" error. This may be because my installation started as source-only, so an archive was never configured? I'm having trouble finding out how to fix this (I see an older ticket #59463 with a related title, but it appears to describe a different situation -- and I don't understand the workaround anyway).

[kencu (Ken)]

Two fast and effective solutions for you.

1. try sudo port -v diagnose and see what secrets it tells you. There may be a quick fix in there.

2. start over. Sometimes it's just 1000x faster. <​https://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html>

[physicsbeany]

Replying to kencu:

Two fast and effective solutions for you.

1. try sudo port -v diagnose and see what secrets it tells you. There may be a quick fix in there.

2. start over. Sometimes it's just 1000x faster. <​https://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html>

Aha! I just tried suggestion number 1:

Error: currently installed version of Xcode, 14.0, is not supported by MacPorts.  For your currently installed system, only the following versions of Xcode are supported:  13.4.1 13.4 13.3.1 13.3 13.2.1 13.2 13.1

... but 2.7.2 is the most recent release of MacPorts, right? So does this mean anything? Should I downgrade my XCode to 13.x? @cjones051073, are you using XCode 14 too?

[cjones051073 (Chris Jones)]

Replying to physicsbeany:

Replying to kencu:

Two fast and effective solutions for you.

1. try sudo port -v diagnose and see what secrets it tells you. There may be a quick fix in there.

2. start over. Sometimes it's just 1000x faster. <​https://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html>

Aha! I just tried suggestion number 1:

Error: currently installed version of Xcode, 14.0, is not supported by MacPorts.  For your currently installed system, only the following versions of Xcode are supported:  13.4.1 13.4 13.3.1 13.3 13.2.1 13.2 13.1

... but 2.7.2 is the most recent release of MacPorts, right? So does this mean anything? Should I downgrade my XCode to 13.x? @cjones051073, are you using XCode 14 too?

Yes I am. Ignore the above, it just means the supported list needs updating.

Using archives is the default, so for you not to be must means you made some change to your system that prevents it.

Did you edit /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf by chance ? Check what is in there in relation to archives.

[kencu (Ken)]

even so, re-enabling whatever has hosed your binaries won't solve your PTR problem, it will just cover it over by not building anything.

Remove everything from /usr/local, remove any added stuff to your PATH, CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, etc in your init scripts, and blow out macports and start fresh.

To quote the always-practical Ripley: "Nuke 'em from orbit -- it's the only way to be sure."

Really, how many more weeks do you have to spend on this?

[mvtiaine (Matti Tiainen)]

Had the same issue with libgcc12 and it was fixed with sudo port deactivate binutils. Though now hitting #65573.

[kencu (Ken)]

Aha…