#67475 closed defect (fixed)
diffutils @3.10_0+universal: error: this system appears to support timestamps after mid-January 2038, but no mechanism for enabling wide 'time_t' was detected. Did you mean to build a 64-bit binary?
| Reported by: | RobK88 | Owned by: | RobK88 |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 2.8.1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Port: | diffutils |
Description (last modified by RobK88)
diffutils fails to configure on High Sierra.
It looks like either CC="/usr/bin/clang -m64" or --disable-year2038 needs to be added as flags.
See below:
---> Configuring diffutils Executing: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/work/diffutils-3.10" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --program-prefix=g --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --mandir=/opt/local/share/man checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether sleep supports fractional seconds... true checking the filesystem timestamp resolution... 0.7 checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /opt/local/bin/gmkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking xargs -n works... yes checking for gawk... (cached) gawk checking for gcc... /usr/bin/clang checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes checking whether /usr/bin/clang accepts -g... yes checking for /usr/bin/clang option to enable C11 features... none needed checking whether /usr/bin/clang understands -c and -o together... yes checking whether the compiler is clang... yes checking for compiler option needed when checking for declarations... -Werror=implicit-function-declaration checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style) checking dependency style of /usr/bin/clang... none checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for stdio.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for wchar.h... yes checking for minix/config.h... no checking for sys/socket.h... yes checking for error.h... no checking for fnmatch.h... yes checking for getopt.h... yes checking for sys/cdefs.h... yes checking for sys/time.h... yes checking for threads.h... no checking for iconv.h... yes checking for limits.h... yes checking for crtdefs.h... no checking for wctype.h... yes checking for langinfo.h... yes checking for xlocale.h... yes checking for sys/mman.h... yes checking for sys/param.h... yes checking for malloc.h... no checking for stdbool.h... yes checking for stdckdint.h... no checking for sys/random.h... yes checking for sys/wait.h... yes checking for features.h... no checking for arpa/inet.h... yes checking for netdb.h... yes checking for netinet/in.h... yes checking for sys/select.h... yes checking for pthread.h... yes checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes checking for sys/uio.h... yes checking for vfork.h... no checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes checking whether _XOPEN_SOURCE should be defined... no checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0 checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0 checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/clang -E checking for egrep -e... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for Minix Amsterdam compiler... no checking for ar... ar checking for /usr/bin/clang option to enable large file support... none needed checking for /usr/bin/clang option for timestamps after 2038... support not detected configure: error: in '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/work/diffutils-3.10': configure: error: this system appears to support timestamps after mid-January 2038, but no mechanism for enabling wide 'time_t' was detected. Did you mean to build a 64-bit binary? (E.g., 'CC="/usr/bin/clang -m64"'.) To proceed with 32-bit time_t, configure with '--disable-year2038'. See 'config.log' for more details Command failed: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/work/diffutils-3.10" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --program-prefix=g --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --mandir=/opt/local/share/man Exit code: 1 Error: Failed to configure diffutils: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/work/diffutils-3.10/config.log Error: Failed to configure diffutils: configure failure: command execution failed Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/main.log for details. Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
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Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
comment:1 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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comment:2 Changed 18 months ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
| Summary: | diffutils@3.10_0 Fails to Configure on High Sierra → diffutils @3.10_0+universal: error: this system appears to support timestamps after mid-January 2038, but no mechanism for enabling wide 'time_t' was detected. Did you mean to build a 64-bit binary? |
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comment:3 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
Thanks Ryan for all the info! When I get a chance, I will see what can do to fix the bug in the Portfile. Right Now I am trying to finish 4 other ports. Once that is done, I will take a look at this port.
comment:4 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
@ryandesign - Ryan, I tried the latest workaround used in the coreutils port -- (i.e adding ac_year2038_required=no to config.args-append) but it did not work for this port - diffutils. See
Executing: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_grinch_Development_MacPorts_local-repo_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/work/diffutils-3.10" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --program-prefix=g --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --disable-silent-rules ac_year2038_required=no checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether sleep supports fractional seconds... true checking the filesystem timestamp resolution... 0.7 checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /opt/local/bin/gmkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking xargs -n works... yes checking for gawk... (cached) gawk checking for gcc... /usr/bin/clang checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes checking whether /usr/bin/clang accepts -g... yes checking for /usr/bin/clang option to enable C11 features... none needed checking whether /usr/bin/clang understands -c and -o together... yes checking whether the compiler is clang... yes checking for compiler option needed when checking for declarations... -Werror=implicit-function-declaration checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style) checking dependency style of /usr/bin/clang... none checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for stdio.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for wchar.h... yes checking for minix/config.h... no checking for sys/socket.h... yes checking for error.h... no checking for fnmatch.h... yes checking for getopt.h... yes checking for sys/cdefs.h... yes checking for sys/time.h... yes checking for threads.h... no checking for iconv.h... yes checking for limits.h... yes checking for crtdefs.h... no checking for wctype.h... yes checking for langinfo.h... yes checking for xlocale.h... yes checking for sys/mman.h... yes checking for sys/param.h... yes checking for malloc.h... no checking for stdbool.h... yes checking for stdckdint.h... no checking for sys/random.h... yes checking for sys/wait.h... yes checking for features.h... no checking for arpa/inet.h... yes checking for netdb.h... yes checking for netinet/in.h... yes checking for sys/select.h... yes checking for pthread.h... yes checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes checking for sys/uio.h... yes checking for vfork.h... no checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes checking whether _XOPEN_SOURCE should be defined... no checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0 checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0 checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/clang -E checking for egrep -e... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for Minix Amsterdam compiler... no checking for ar... ar checking for /usr/bin/clang option to enable large file support... none needed checking for /usr/bin/clang option for timestamps after 2038... support not detected configure: error: in '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_grinch_Development_MacPorts_local-repo_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/work/diffutils-3.10': configure: error: this system appears to support timestamps after mid-January 2038, but no mechanism for enabling wide 'time_t' was detected. Did you mean to build a 64-bit binary? (E.g., 'CC="/usr/bin/clang -m64"'.) To proceed with 32-bit time_t, configure with '--disable-year2038'. See 'config.log' for more details Command failed: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_grinch_Development_MacPorts_local-repo_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/work/diffutils-3.10" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --program-prefix=g --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --disable-silent-rules ac_year2038_required=no Exit code: 1 Error: Failed to configure diffutils: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_grinch_Development_MacPorts_local-repo_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/work/diffutils-3.10/config.log Error: Failed to configure diffutils: configure failure: command execution failed Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_Users_grinch_Development_MacPorts_local-repo_ports_sysutils_diffutils/diffutils/main.log for details. Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
comment:5 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
But using --disable-year2038 does work. (see Below).
Maybe we can add a pre-configure{} code block which checks whether the +universal variant is being built. If so, add --disable-year2038 to configure.args-append
Grinchs-MBP:~ grinch$ /opt/local/bin/gdiff --version diff (GNU diffutils) 3.10 Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes, Richard Stallman, and Len Tower. Grinchs-MBP:~ grinch$ Grinchs-MBP:~ grinch$ file /opt/local/bin/gdiff /opt/local/bin/gdiff: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64] [i386:Mach-O executable i386] /opt/local/bin/gdiff (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 /opt/local/bin/gdiff (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
comment:6 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
How would one test in a Portfile if the +universal variant has been selected? Is there a global variable available?
comment:7 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
I figured it out.
Here is the code I added to the Portfile that works for me:
pre-configure {
if [variant_isset "universal"] {
configure.args-append --disable-year2038
}
}
P.S. I also had to change the existing configure.args in the Portfile to configure.args-append.
If you want, I can submit a Pull Request.
comment:8 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
I submitted a Pull Request to fix this issue with the +universal variant.
comment:9 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
| Owner: | set to RobK88 |
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| Resolution: | → fixed |
| Status: | new → closed |
comment:10 Changed 18 months ago by RobK88
FYI -- I submitted another PR to fix 32-builds as noted by @ryandesign
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This is happening because you are using the universal variant, thus requesting both a 32-bit and 64-bit build. The 32-bit build is the one producing this complaint. The suggestion to use
-m64, to cause a 64-bit build to be performed, is thus inapplicable. If you wanted a 64-bit-only build you wouldn't use the universal variant.This complaint is part of gnulib, which diffutils uses. Other ports that use gnulib also need to work around this complaint for 32-bit builds. gnulib has already twice changed the mechanism by which the complaint can be disabled. When diffutils updates to a newer gnulib, it will need to have the complaint suppression method updated as well. See #55643 for the initial method we used in the coreutils port. See #65457 for how coreutils had to be adapted after gnulib changed the first time. (Although the error message you showed is different, this fix looks like it will be the one to use for the version of gnulib diffutils currently uses.) See #67277 for how coreutils needed to be changed after the second gnulib change.