Opened 3 months ago
Closed 4 weeks ago
#70673 closed defect (fixed)
autoconf fails on Linux if help2man not installed, but no dependency on it
Reported by: | barracuda156 | Owned by: | larryv (Lawrence Velázquez) |
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Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
Component: | ports | Version: | 2.10.1 |
Keywords: | linux | Cc: | |
Port: | autoconf |
Description (last modified by barracuda156)
sh-5.1# port clean autoconf Warning: configured user/group macports does not exist, will build as root ---> Cleaning autoconf sh-5.1# port -v install autoconf automake configure.compiler=clang Warning: configured user/group macports does not exist, will build as root ---> Computing dependencies for autoconf. ---> Fetching distfiles for autoconf ---> Verifying checksums for autoconf ---> Checksumming autoconf-2.72.tar.xz ---> Extracting autoconf ---> Extracting autoconf-2.72.tar.xz ---> Applying patches to autoconf ---> Applying use-macports-tools.patch patching file bin/autoreconf.in patching file man/autoreconf.1 patching file tests/foreign.at ---> Configuring autoconf checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking build system type... riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu configure: autobuild project... GNU Autoconf configure: autobuild revision... 2.72 configure: autobuild hostname... pinetabv configure: autobuild timestamp... 20240901T153449Z checking for a shell whose -n mode is known to work... /bin/sh checking for characters that cannot appear in file names... none checking whether directories can have trailing spaces... yes checking for expr... /usr/bin/expr checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... /opt/local/bin/gm4 checking whether /opt/local/bin/gm4 accepts --gnu... yes checking how m4 supports trace files... --debugfile checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking whether /usr/bin/perl Fcntl::flock is implemented... yes checking for emacs... no checking for xemacs... no checking for emacs... no checking where .elc files should go... ${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking whether make is case sensitive... yes checking that generated files are newer than configure... done configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating tests/atlocal config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating lib/version.m4 config.status: executing tests/atconfig commands You are about to use an experimental version of Autoconf. Be sure to read the relevant mailing lists, most importantly <autoconf@gnu.org>. Below you will find information on the status of this version of Autoconf. * Status /*------------------------------------. | New features need further testing. | `------------------------------------*/ * Autotest parallel testsuite support is still a work in progress. There are known issues in job handling under dash and some ksh variants, where a parallel testsuite can hang or cause a 100% processor load. In the current release, the overall autoconf testsuite only exercises parallel autotest under bash and zsh, or if you have defined TEST_PARALLEL_AUTOTEST in the environment. Meanwhile, Cygwin has known problems with named fifos that cause failures when attempting parallel tests in an autotest suite. It is possible that other difficulties will be encountered, whether with shell or platform limitations; help is appreciated in improving parallel testsuite support. ---> Building autoconf make: Entering directory '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work/autoconf-2.72' /usr/bin/make all-am make[1]: Entering directory '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work/autoconf-2.72' rm -f bin/autoconf bin/autoconf.tmp rm -f bin/autoheader bin/autoheader.tmp rm -f bin/autom4te bin/autom4te.tmp /bin/mkdir -p bin rm -f bin/autoreconf bin/autoreconf.tmp /bin/mkdir -p bin /bin/mkdir -p bin srcdir=''; \ test -f ./bin/autoconf.in || srcdir=./; \ sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e 's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/opt/local/bin|g' -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/opt/local/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/opt/local|g' -e 's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@M4[@]|/opt/local/bin/gm4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--debugfile|g' -e 's|@M4_GNU[@]|--gnu|g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|gawk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2023|g' -e 's|@VERSION[@]|2.72|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoconf.in; do not edit by hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autoconf.in >bin/autoconf.tmp /bin/mkdir -p bin srcdir=''; \ test -f ./bin/autom4te.in || srcdir=./; \ sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e 's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/opt/local/bin|g' -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/opt/local/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/opt/local|g' -e 's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@M4[@]|/opt/local/bin/gm4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--debugfile|g' -e 's|@M4_GNU[@]|--gnu|g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|gawk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2023|g' -e 's|@VERSION[@]|2.72|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autom4te.in; do not edit by hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autom4te.in >bin/autom4te.tmp srcdir=''; \ test -f ./bin/autoreconf.in || srcdir=./; \ sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e 's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/opt/local/bin|g' -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/opt/local/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/opt/local|g' -e 's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@M4[@]|/opt/local/bin/gm4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--debugfile|g' -e 's|@M4_GNU[@]|--gnu|g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|gawk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2023|g' -e 's|@VERSION[@]|2.72|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoreconf.in; do not edit by hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autoreconf.in >bin/autoreconf.tmp srcdir=''; \ test -f ./bin/autoheader.in || srcdir=./; \ sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e 's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/opt/local/bin|g' -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/opt/local/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/opt/local|g' -e 's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@M4[@]|/opt/local/bin/gm4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--debugfile|g' -e 's|@M4_GNU[@]|--gnu|g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|gawk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2023|g' -e 's|@VERSION[@]|2.72|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoheader.in; do not edit by hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autoheader.in >bin/autoheader.tmp chmod +x bin/autoconf.tmp chmod a-w bin/autoconf.tmp chmod +x bin/autoreconf.tmp mv bin/autoconf.tmp bin/autoconf chmod a-w bin/autoreconf.tmp rm -f bin/autoscan bin/autoscan.tmp chmod +x bin/autoheader.tmp mv bin/autoreconf.tmp bin/autoreconf /bin/mkdir -p bin chmod a-w bin/autoheader.tmp chmod +x bin/autom4te.tmp srcdir=''; \ test -f ./bin/autoscan.in || srcdir=./; \ sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e 's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/opt/local/bin|g' -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/opt/local/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/opt/local|g' -e 's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@M4[@]|/opt/local/bin/gm4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--debugfile|g' -e 's|@M4_GNU[@]|--gnu|g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|gawk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2023|g' -e 's|@VERSION[@]|2.72|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoscan.in; do not edit by hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autoscan.in >bin/autoscan.tmp mv bin/autoheader.tmp bin/autoheader rm -f bin/autoupdate bin/autoupdate.tmp chmod a-w bin/autom4te.tmp /bin/mkdir -p bin mv bin/autom4te.tmp bin/autom4te rm -f bin/ifnames bin/ifnames.tmp srcdir=''; \ test -f ./bin/autoupdate.in || srcdir=./; \ sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e 's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/opt/local/bin|g' -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/opt/local/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/opt/local|g' -e 's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@M4[@]|/opt/local/bin/gm4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--debugfile|g' -e 's|@M4_GNU[@]|--gnu|g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|gawk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2023|g' -e 's|@VERSION[@]|2.72|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoupdate.in; do not edit by hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autoupdate.in >bin/autoupdate.tmp rm -f lib/autom4te.cfg lib/autom4te.cfg-t /bin/mkdir -p bin /bin/mkdir -p lib srcdir=''; \ test -f ./bin/ifnames.in || srcdir=./; \ sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e 's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/opt/local/bin|g' -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/opt/local/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/opt/local|g' -e 's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@M4[@]|/opt/local/bin/gm4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--debugfile|g' -e 's|@M4_GNU[@]|--gnu|g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|gawk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2023|g' -e 's|@VERSION[@]|2.72|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/ifnames.in; do not edit by hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/ifnames.in >bin/ifnames.tmp sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e 's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/opt/local/bin|g' -e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/opt/local/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/opt/local|g' -e 's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e 's|@M4[@]|/opt/local/bin/gm4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--debugfile|g' -e 's|@M4_GNU[@]|--gnu|g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|gawk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2023|g' -e 's|@VERSION[@]|2.72|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from lib/autom4te.cfg.in; do not edit by hand.|g' ./lib/autom4te.in >lib/autom4te.cfg-t chmod +x bin/autoscan.tmp chmod +x bin/ifnames.tmp chmod a-w lib/autom4te.cfg-t chmod a-w bin/autoscan.tmp chmod a-w bin/ifnames.tmp mv -f lib/autom4te.cfg-t lib/autom4te.cfg mv bin/autoscan.tmp bin/autoscan mv bin/ifnames.tmp bin/ifnames if test 'no' != no; then \ am__dir=. am__subdir_includes=''; \ case lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc in */*) \ am__dir=`echo 'lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc' | sed 's,/[^/]*$,,'`; \ am__subdir_includes="-L $am__dir -L ./$am__dir"; \ esac; \ test -d "$am__dir" || /bin/mkdir -p "$am__dir" || exit 1; \ no --batch \ \ $am__subdir_includes -L . -L . \ --eval '(if (boundp (quote byte-compile-dest-file-function)) (setq byte-compile-dest-file-function (lambda (_) "lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc")) (defun byte-compile-dest-file (_) "lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc") )' \ -f batch-byte-compile 'lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.el'; \ else :; fi if test 'no' != no; then \ am__dir=. am__subdir_includes=''; \ case lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc in */*) \ am__dir=`echo 'lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc' | sed 's,/[^/]*$,,'`; \ am__subdir_includes="-L $am__dir -L ./$am__dir"; \ esac; \ test -d "$am__dir" || /bin/mkdir -p "$am__dir" || exit 1; \ no --batch \ \ $am__subdir_includes -L . -L . \ --eval '(if (boundp (quote byte-compile-dest-file-function)) (setq byte-compile-dest-file-function (lambda (_) "lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc")) (defun byte-compile-dest-file (_) "lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc") )' \ -f batch-byte-compile 'lib/emacs/autotest-mode.el'; \ else :; fi chmod +x bin/autoupdate.tmp /bin/mkdir -p lib/autoconf chmod a-w bin/autoupdate.tmp Updating man page man/autoreconf.1 /bin/mkdir -p man lang=`echo 'lib/autoconf/autoconf' | sed 's,.*/,,'` \ && if test $lang = autoconf; then \ lang=autoconf-without-aclocal-m4; \ else :; fi \ && autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg' bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib \ --language=$lang \ --freeze \ --output=lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4f /bin/mkdir -p lib/autoscan mv bin/autoupdate.tmp bin/autoupdate PATH="./man:$PATH"; \ PERL="/usr/bin/perl"; \ PACKAGE_NAME="GNU Autoconf"; \ VERSION="2.72"; \ RELEASE_YEAR="2023"; \ top_srcdir="."; \ channeldefs_pm="lib/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm"; \ export PATH PERL PACKAGE_NAME VERSION RELEASE_YEAR; \ export top_srcdir channeldefs_pm; \ /bin/sh '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work/autoconf-2.72/build-aux/missing' help2man \ --include=./man/autoreconf.x \ --include=./man/common.x \ --source='GNU Autoconf 2.72' \ --output=man/autoreconf.1.t autoreconf.w echo '# Automatically Generated: do not edit this file' >lib/autoscan/autoscan.list /bin/mkdir -p lib/autotest sed '/^[#]/!q' ./lib/autoscan/autoscan.pre >>lib/autoscan/autoscan.list lang=`echo 'lib/autotest/autotest' | sed 's,.*/,,'` \ && if test $lang = autoconf; then \ lang=autoconf-without-aclocal-m4; \ else :; fi \ && autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg' bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib \ --language=$lang \ --freeze \ --output=lib/autotest/autotest.m4f /opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work/autoconf-2.72/build-aux/missing: line 81: help2man: command not found ( \ sed -n '/^[^#]/p' ./lib/autoscan/autoscan.pre; \ autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg' bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib --cache '' -M -l autoconf-without-aclocal-m4 \ -t'AN_OUTPUT:$1: $2 $3' \ ) | LC_ALL=C sort >>lib/autoscan/autoscan.list WARNING: 'help2man' is missing on your system. You should only need it if you modified a dependency of a man page. You may want to install the GNU Help2man package: <https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/> make[1]: *** [Makefile:2184: man/autoreconf.1] Error 127 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work/autoconf-2.72' make: *** [Makefile:923: all] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work/autoconf-2.72' Command failed: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work/autoconf-2.72" && /usr/bin/make -j4 -w all Exit code: 2 Error: Failed to build autoconf: command execution failed Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/main.log for details. Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug. Error: Processing of port autoconf failed sh-5.1# port deps autoconf Full Name: autoconf @2.72_0 Extract Dependencies: xz Build Dependencies: Library Dependencies: m4
- S. powerpc-ports is just a name of a fork, nothing of powerpc stuff is used here, it is on a separate tree.
Change History (9)
comment:1 Changed 3 months ago by barracuda156
Description: | modified (diff) |
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comment:2 follow-up: 4 Changed 3 months ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
Owner: | set to larryv |
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Status: | new → assigned |
comment:3 Changed 3 months ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
As the message says, help2man shouldn't actually be needed since the release tarball includes pregenerated man pages.
comment:4 Changed 3 months ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
Replying to ryandesign:
help2man
is provided by by macOS so this problem was not noticed on macOS.
Is it? I don't have it on my macOS 14 system.
comment:5 Changed 3 months ago by barracuda156
It is strange why Linux (at least my Linux here) wants it. FreeBSD does not declare any dependency on help2man
either, for example: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/blob/06757954d9e3de9472361b4e8db6ffb991c8dcea/devel/autoconf/Makefile
It should not be needed, but I still cannot build autoconf
on Linux due to help2man
(I finally got it building, but there is an error when autoconf build script invokes help2man).
comment:6 Changed 3 months ago by barracuda156
This looks like an error I get with autoconf
now: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55716871/unable-to-build-gnu-automake-help2man-cant-get-help-info-from-automake-1
/bin/mkdir -p lib/autoscan chmod +x bin/ifnames.tmp echo '# Automatically Generated: do not edit this file' >lib/autoscan/autoscan.list chmod a-w bin/ifnames.tmp sed '/^[#]/!q' ./lib/autoscan/autoscan.pre >>lib/autoscan/autoscan.list mv bin/ifnames.tmp bin/ifnames ( \ sed -n '/^[^#]/p' ./lib/autoscan/autoscan.pre; \ autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg' bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib --cache '' -M -l autoconf-without-aclocal-m4 \ -t'AN_OUTPUT:$1: $2 $3' \ ) | LC_ALL=C sort >>lib/autoscan/autoscan.list /bin/mkdir -p lib/autotest lang=`echo 'lib/autotest/autotest' | sed 's,.*/,,'` \ && if test $lang = autoconf; then \ lang=autoconf-without-aclocal-m4; \ else :; fi \ && autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg' bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib \ --language=$lang \ --freeze \ --output=lib/autotest/autotest.m4f help2man: can't get `--help' info from autoreconf.w Try `--no-discard-stderr' if option outputs to stderr make[1]: *** [Makefile:2184: man/autoreconf.1] Error 2 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_powerpc-ports_devel_autoconf/autoconf/work/autoconf-2.72' make: *** [Makefile:923: all] Error 2
comment:7 Changed 3 months ago by barracuda156
Ok, I found a fix. Use MacPorts perl, not system one.
configure.perl ${prefix}/bin/perl5
Now it builds fine:
sh-5.1# port -v installed autoconf The following ports are currently installed: autoconf @2.72_0 (active) requested_variants='' platform='any any' archs='noarch' date='2024-09-04T11:58:37+0000'
comment:9 Changed 4 weeks ago by barracuda156
Resolution: | → fixed |
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Status: | assigned → closed |
help2man
is provided by by macOS so this problem was not noticed on macOS.I thought the correct solution would be to declare
depends_build bin:help2man:help2man
so that the macOS copy ofhelp2man
could satisfy it. But I can't find any other ports doing that and no evidence that any ports ever did so which surprises me. All ports that depend on help2man do so asport:help2man
which will unconditionally pull in help2man and its dependencies which may be undesirable for a port like autoconf that is foundational for the builds of many other ports. At present help2man and its recursive dependencies don't depend on autoconf but it's conceivable that in the future they might need to which would introduce a dependency cycle.