kicad @7.0.11: checksum mismatch

[Gamespeople]

I've done the Checksum error test - reran: sudo port /self update, /clean —dist kicad and tried /install kicad again… and I am still getting:

--->  Computing dependencies for kicad
--->  Fetching archive for kicad
--->  Attempting to fetch kicad-7.0.11_0.darwin_19.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/kicad
--->  Attempting to fetch kicad-7.0.11_0.darwin_19.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mirror.fcix.net/macports/packages/kicad
--->  Attempting to fetch kicad-7.0.11_0.darwin_19.x86_64.tbz2 from https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/kicad
--->  Verifying checksums for kicad
Error: Checksum (rmd160) mismatch for kicad-7.0.11.tar.bz2
Error: Checksum (sha256) mismatch for kicad-7.0.11.tar.bz2
Error: Checksum (size) mismatch for kicad-7.0.11.tar.bz2
Error: Failed to checksum kicad: Unable to verify file checksums

I see that KiCad updated 7.0.11 Feb 22 (I assume 2024), and perhaps no one else has tried to install this since.

Hope I didn't make a mistake assigning this to ra1nb0w!

John :-#)#

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I updated kicad to 7.0.11 on April 7 and the checksums were correct at that time. I agree that they are incorrect now:

% sudo port fetch --no-mirrors kicad
Portfile for kicad changed since last build; discarding previous state.
--->  Fetching distfiles for kicad
--->  Attempting to fetch kicad-7.0.11.tar.bz2 from https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/archive/7.0.11
% sudo port checksum kicad          
--->  Verifying checksums for kicad
Error: Checksum (rmd160) mismatch for kicad-7.0.11.tar.bz2
Error: Checksum (sha256) mismatch for kicad-7.0.11.tar.bz2
Error: Checksum (size) mismatch for kicad-7.0.11.tar.bz2
Error: Failed to checksum kicad: Unable to verify file checksums
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_science_kicad/kicad/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port kicad failed

The difference between the file we mirrored April 7 and the file available from GitLab today is:

kicad-7.0.11/thirdparty/argparse/tools/build.bat

@@ -1 @@
-call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
-
-cmake -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DARGPARSE_BUILD_TESTS=ON
-ninja -C build
+call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+
+cmake -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DARGPARSE_BUILD_TESTS=ON
+ninja -C build

That is to say, a Windows build file's line endings changed from CRLF to LF, which is very frustrating because ​the file in their repository has not changed so this should absolutely not happen. Perhaps GitLab changed how they automatically generate tarballs. This is one of the perils of tying ports to automatically-generated tarballs and why we really don't want to do it and only do it when the developers do not give us any other option.

Updating to 7.0.11 was always intended to be a stopgap before updating to 8.x which will of course fix the issue since the new version will have different checksums. Until then we can ignore the inexplicable stealth update.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I've ​filed a bug with kicad about this to see if they can think of anything on their end that would have caused this. If not, we'll have to figure out how to contact GitLab.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In 7526e63e820163ef5dcc83d59e155b25814d8b66/macports-ports (master):

kicad: Ignore stealth update of 7.0.11

Closes: #69836

[Gamespeople]

Report to Apple about KiCad 7.0.11 failure to lunch.

[Gamespeople]

Installed fine:

--->  Verifying checksums for kicad                                   
--->  Extracting kicad
--->  Applying patches to kicad
--->  Configuring kicad
--->  Building kicad                                     
--->  Staging kicad into destroot                        
--->  Installing kicad @7.0.11_0                         
--->  Activating kicad @7.0.11_0
--->  Cleaning kicad
--->  Updating database of binaries
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
--->  No broken files found.                             
--->  No broken ports found.

however when trying to launch KiCad 7.0.11 it crashes when I try to do anything past the opening screen.

Is this a Ports problem or a KiCad issue.

I've attached the Apple error report.
Thanks!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This ticket was about a checksum mismatch problem which was fixed. Please file a new ticket for the new problem.