macOS Big Sur Problems

General Issues

First of all, please read Migration.

Updating MacPorts Base

MacPorts must be re-installed in a version configured for macOS 11 Big Sur.

Ensure you have Xcode 12.2 or greater installed and selected (e.g. sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer), and that you have the command line tools installed (xcode-select --install). You also have to agree to the license by running sudo xcodebuild -license.

There have been reports that the -license option might not be sufficient alone, and following command might be required to agree to the license: sudo xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch

Install macOS SDK 11 manually in case of problems

Some users who upgraded from earlier versions of macOS reported, that xcode-select --install didn't gave proper results (didn't install neither Xcode, nor the SDK required) and first the installation of Xcode from AppStore and then the installation of Command-line tools for Xcode 12.2 was required from Apple Developer site, as described here: https://www.macports.org/install.php .

Symptoms that your system requires manual installation: console message about missing SDK (Warning: The macOS 11.x SDK does not appear to be installed. Ports may not build correctly. Warning: You can install it as part of the Xcode Command Line Tools package by running xcode-select --install'.`) or a message about C compiler being unable to create executables in build logs.

Rosetta 2 and build_arch

MacPorts defaults to building for the architecture that it is running as. If you have a universal MacPorts installation on an Apple Silicon Mac, and you run it from a terminal emulator that is not a native arm64 binary, MacPorts will end up being run as x86_64, and will build ports accordingly, which is often unexpected. This can be corrected by explicitly setting build_arch arm64 in macports.conf, or by using a native terminal emulator.

Tickets for Broken Ports

#49129

HandBrakeCLI @0.10.0: configure.py: error: invalid xcconfig: osx1011.x86_64

#57174

cotvnc wont compile

#58480

chasen-base @2.3.3: clang: error: unknown argument: '-syslibroot'

#58883

dsniff @2.4: error: Berkeley DB with 1.85 compatibility not found

#59316

osxfuse @3.8.3: Assertion 'common_is_variable DEFAULT_SDK_10_15_ARCHITECURES' failed

#60988

php73-apache2handler @7.3.16_1: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 3, have 2

#61383

xemacs @21.4.22: *** PANIC *** Configure tests are not working - compiler is broken.

#61472

"./restore_ports.tcl myports.txt" fails on Big Sur without giving a single hint (what the problem might be, where I could look up details, ...)

#61486

fluxbox @1.3.7_1 does not compile on macOS Big Sur, Version 11.0.1, because "src/FbTk/FbTime.cc:64:10: error: redefinition of '_mono'"

#61529

moria @5.5.2_5: implicit declaration of functions

#61602

p5-crypt-des @2.07: error: implicit declaration of function 'perl_des_expand_key' is invalid in C99

#61604

p5-authen-smb @0.91: error: implicit declaration of function 'SMB_Init' is invalid in C99

#61605

p5-digest-nilsimsa @0.06: error: implicit declaration of function 'clear' is invalid in C99

#61606

mozjs60: ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executable

#61610

p5-inline-python @0.5.6: error: implicit declaration of function 'initperl' is invalid in C99

#61611

p5-ipe 0.3.1: error: implicit declaration of function 'train_bntree' is invalid in C99

#61614

p5-math-longdouble @0.22: error: implicitly declaring library function 'finite'

#61615

p5-net-nfdump @1.25: error: implicit declaration of function 'ff2_lex' is invalid in C99

#61616

p5-net-rawip @0.25: Could not load the pcap library

#61617

p5-sdl @2.548: error: implicit declaration of function '_calc_offset' is invalid in C99

#61619

p5-term-gnuplot @0.903.809.60: error: implicit declaration of function 'test_term' is invalid in C99

#61653

gimp-gap @2.6.0, gimp-gap-devel @2.7.0-20191012: error: implicit declaration of function

#61696

transcode @1.1.7: error: implicit declaration of function 'audio_resample_close' is invalid in C99

#61710

gtk2-murrine @0.98.2: error: implicit declaration of function 'murrine_rc_style_register_types' is invalid in C99

#61765

gwenhywfar4 @4.20.2 does not build on Big Sur

#61863

geos @3.9.0: Configuration logfiles contain indications of -Wimplicit-function-declaration

#61883

libgcc7 @7.5.0: build failure on macOS 11

#61972

clang-7.0, clang-8.0: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to an incomplete type 'struct stat64'

#61973

Pallet @1.1_1: Failed to open log store at /Users/macports/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Pallet-hhxzvjfjvrmndgcreaswdfqwvhbd/Logs/Build

#62013

gtime +universal: error: redefinition of '_OSSwapInt64'

#62053

Successfully build 'Frescobaldi', but failed to run it on Big Sur

#62176

wxLua @2.8.12.3 crashes

#62200

py39-pyglet on new mac M1: import pyglet.window fails

#62307

gnuregex @0.12_2: error: implicit declaration of function 'free' is invalid in C99

#62388

calc @2.12.8.2_0: default install fails to build under Big Sur

#62471

kde4-kile @2.1.3_6: "replace" command not working

#62537

blueutil @2.8.0: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64

#62567

scalapack @2.1.0 build failure due to implicit declaration

#62569

ossp-uuid @1.6.2: fatal error: 'sys/types.h' file not found

#62626

R @4.0.5 compile failure due to implicit declarations

#62632

grok @1.20110708.1_2 : implicit declaration of function 'yylex' is invalid in C99

#62636

tightvnc @1.3.10_2: implicit declaration of function 'vncDecryptPasswdFromFile2' is invalid in C99

#62701

python3_select cannot select python38-apple on macOS BigSur

#62804

emacs-devel @20210430: error: "Please include config.h first."

#62820

bmon build fails on clean bigsur

#62919

pamtester @0.1.2: error: implicitly declaring library function 'sprintf' with type 'int (char *, const char *, ...)'

#62967

oftpd @0.3.7_2 fails to build due to implicit declarations

#62998

gmt6: build failure on Apple Silicon

#63221

cctools @949.0.1+llvm10: error: implicit declaration of function 'CLS_GETINFO' is invalid in C99

#63332

scotty @3.0.0_9: error: implicitly declaring library function 'memset' with type 'void *(void *, int, unsigned long)'

#63374

xfig: Cannot install xfig for the arch 'arm64' because its dependency libpng is only installed for the arch 'x86_64' and the configured universal_archs 'x86_64 i386' are not sufficient

#63452

gst @3.2.5: getopt.c:576:30: error: implicitly declaring library function 'strcmp' with type 'int (const char *, const char *)' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

#63491

libopenshot: error: use of undeclared identifier 'zmq_ctx_shutdown'

#63514

android @23: Could not open /System/Library/Frameworks/QTKit.framework/Versions/A/QTKit: Error opening or reading file

#63538

xastir @2.0.8_7: error: implicit declaration of function 'XmGetDestination' is invalid in C99

#63884

mariadb-10.6 @10.6: Configuration logfiles contain indications of -Wimplicit-function-declaration

#63928

xcb @2.4_3 configure fails

#63994

emacs-app-devel: The installed libgccjit failed to compile and run a test program using the libgccjit library

#64046

py27-ngl @1.3.0b1_2: error: implicit declaration of function 'c_cssgrid' is invalid in C99

#64181

ksh @2020.0.0_1 : typeset -f crashes the shell

#65294

py39-pyqt5-scintilla @2.13.3 +debug: sip-build-3.9: '/opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin/qmake -recursive QScintilla.pro' failed returning 3

#65298

kid3 @3.9.1: included libkid3-core.dylib "seems to be referenced using a relative path"

#65302

darktable/inkscape/gimp: unable to access user files, when run via app bundle on big sur or monterey

#65459

findutils @4.9.0+universal: Failed to destroot findutils: gupdatedb differs

#65905

pango @1.50.7: error: use of undeclared identifier 'FC_VARIABLE'

#66218

ex-vi @050325_0: error: implicit declaration of function 'ioctl' is invalid in C99

#66515

cctools @949.0.1_2 does not support llvm-15

#66547

algol68g @3.0.6: error: implicitly declaring library function 'finite' with type 'int (double)'

#67051

arch @1.3.5: error: implicit declaration of function

#67127

opensmtpd @6.8.0p2_3: won't start with default config

#68095

yorick: Outdated embedded SDK path in macOS 11 binaries causes build failure of dependents

#68476

cog @0.8.0: error: implicit declaration of function 'setup_setting_widget' is invalid in C99

#68530

scribus-devel: move to 1.7.x and Qt6 or introduce a new scribus-upstream

#68659

mips-elf-gcc @3.4.6_0: fails to build due to implicit declaration of abort()

#68759

agrep @2.04: implicit function declarations

#68974

gnupg2 @2.4.3.1: error: implicit declaration of function 'libusb_error_name' is invalid in C99

#69683

vfkit @v0.5.1: build failure on x86_64 Big Sur

#70008

mpv @0.38.0: error: expected ',' separator

#70474

geos2 @2.2.3: error: assigning to 'char *' from 'const char *' discards qualifiers

#70865

qt6-qtmultimedia: error: use of undeclared identifier 'kAudioObjectPropertyElementMain'

#70986

cadabra2 @2.5.6: clang: error: unsupported argument 'auto' to option 'flto='

#71162

xar @1.8.0.501_0: error: implicit declaration of function 'xar_prop_get_expect_notnull' is invalid in C99 [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

#61471

virt-manager fails to load shared library on Big Sur

#61546

avr-gdb fails to build on macOS 11 Big Sur

#61612

xorg-libx11 @1.7.0 variant +docs does not build on El Capitan, OK on Big Sur (Java problem?)

#61755

auto-multiple choice fails to build on Big Sur

#62376

texlive-bin tries to install stuff in system space even when macports is confihgured to put everything in home dir. [universal, Big Sur]

#62473

Build htcondor failed on macOS Big Sur 11.2.3

#62995

restore_ports fails during migration to macOS 11.[34] (Big Sur) with "requested variants do not match" and also complains "macOS 11 SDK does not appear to be installed"

#63090

Cannot build gcc7 on Big Sur

#63251

GILDAS build fail on Big Sur / arm64

#63513

xorg-server crashes on Big Sur 11.6

#65665

SilentKnight @1.21: broken linking on Big Sur

#69875

libgcc7 build failed (MacOS Big Sur)