arm64 aspell install fails, alleging x86_64 only libtool

[jhfrontz (Jeff Frontz)]

$ PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH arch -arm64e sudo port install aspell
Error: Cannot install aspell for the arch 'arm64' because
Error: its dependency libtool is only installed for the arch 'x86_64'
Error: and the configured universal_archs '' are not sufficient.
Error: Unable to execute port: architecture mismatch

However...

$ PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH arch -arm64e sudo port install libtool
--->  Cleaning libtool
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
--->  No broken files found.
--->  No broken ports found.

I tried selfupdate but the problem persists.

 % uname -a
Darwin tElektrum-M2.local 22.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.6.0: Wed Oct  4 21:26:43 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.141.3.701.17~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T8112 arm64

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

What output do these commands give?

port -v installed libtool

% lipo -info /opt/local/lib/libltdl.7.dylib

[jhfrontz (Jeff Frontz)]

$ PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH arch -arm64e sudo port -v installed libtool
The following ports are currently installed:
  libtool @2.4.7_0 requested_variants='' platform='darwin 22' archs='x86_64' date='2023-05-09T19:15:12-0400'
  libtool @2.4.7_1 (active) requested_variants='' platform='darwin 22' archs='x86_64' date='2023-11-12T17:39:10-0500'

$ PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH arch -arm64e lipo -info /opt/local/lib/libltdl.7.dylib
Non-fat file: /opt/local/lib/libltdl.7.dylib is architecture: x86_64

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

OK, so libtool is indeed installed for x86_64. If you migrated this MacPorts installation from an Intel machine, you will need to follow the wiki:Migration instructions.

If it's somehow just libtool that is not installed for the architecture you want, double check your build_arch setting in macports.conf, and if it's set to arm64, simply uninstalling and installing libtool should correct the issue.

[jhfrontz (Jeff Frontz)]

Just to follow-up (sorry: holidays), I don't recall having migrated from an Intel machine, but I have been using exec arch -x86_64 ${SHELL} to work around an odd bug in the arm64 portion of the stock ksh (universal) binary (I then use PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH arch -arm64e as a prefix to any port command).

I've since upgraded to Sonoma and did a complete "migration"; I no longer have the problem.