macOS Sierra Problems

General Issues

First of all, please read Migration.

Updating MacPorts Base

MacPorts must be re-installed in a version configured for macOS 10.12 Sierra. However, for now, you must install the latest version of Macports base ​from source.

Ensure you have at least the command line tools installed by running xcode-select --install from a Terminal. Make sure to also run this even if you have Xcode installed, because some ports fail to build without it. You also have to run sudo xcodebuild -license after doing this.

Tickets for Broken Ports

#49129

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

#52245

cups-pdf mainly broken on El Capitan OS X 10.11

#53095

gnuplot @5.0.5@ on macOS 10.12.1 doesn't show a wxt terminal persistently

#53161

tuntaposx: kernel extensions have to be signed

#54785

R-app 1.68.1 fails to build on 10.13 beta 9 (high sierra) with Xcode 9.0 beta 6

#54939

osxfuse @3.7.1: Library not loaded: @rpath/libclang.dylib (LoadError)

#55021

sshfs-gui @1.3: error: use of undeclared identifier 'failedGestalt'

#55104

kde4-workspace: fails to compile on High Sierra

#55213

crossgcc: broken builds on APFS

#55247

py27-pyqt4-4.12.1_0+phonon: fatal error: 'abstractaudiooutput.h' file not found

#55632

idutils @4.6_0: mkid always fails with "Illegal instruction: 4"

#56248

burn-app 2.5.1: Build failure - QTKit.h file not found

#56423

emacs-devel @20170918 as X client cannot be used with recent fontconfig @2.13.0_0 and non-C locale

#56426

kdelibs4 @4.14.3_10 won't build on High Sierra

#56514

bazel @0.11.1: ERROR: missing input file '@local_jdk//:lib/tools.jar'

#56984

tkcvs 7.2.1 uses wish8.4, which doesn't exist on High Sierra

#56996

libgcc45, gcc47, gcc48: error: non-local symbol required in directive

#57760

darwinbuild @37 +universal Failed to build darwinbuild: command execution failed

#60136

iTerm2 @3.3.9: error: expected ';' after top level declarator

#61542

osquery @4.3.0: error: initializer 'level' does not name a non-static data member or base class; did you mean the member 'level_'?

#61921

qt5-qtwebengine @5.15.2: does not build on macOS 10.13 with Xcode 9

#62837

xorg-server @1.20.11+universal: error: use of undeclared identifier '_x_active'; did you mean 'x_active'?

#62838

policykit @0.116_1+universal: error: implicit declaration of function 'fdatasync' is invalid in C99

#62839

py38-cryptography @3.4.7+universal: error[E0463]: can't find crate for `core`

#63101

clang-12 @12.0.0: error: non-constant-expression cannot be narrowed from type 'long long' to 'std::size_t' (aka 'unsigned long') in initializer list [-Wc++11-narrowing]

#64136

lua-language-server @2.5.2: error: unknown type name 'ldiv_t'; did you mean 'dev_t'?

#64327

clang-9.0 @9.0.1_4+analyzer+libstdcxx+universal Failed to build on macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G2136) with Xcode 9.2 (9C40b)

#64475

rb30-nokogiri, rb31-nokogiri: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

#64503

chromaprint @1.5.1 does not build again on macOS High Sierra, Version 10.13.6

#64777

mpv 0.34.1: Xcode is required even for the precompiled binary

#64815

py38-build @0.7.0 does not install on High Sierra, macOS 10.13.6, because: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3.8: No module named install.__main__; 'install' is a package and cannot be directly executed

#65108

py-spyder @5.3.0_0 segfault on High Sierra

#65807

flyctl @0.0.388: package net/netip is not in GOROOT

#66121

lens @6.1.14: Playwright does not support webkit on mac10.13

#66331

libgcc9: Error: gcc9 9.5.0 is not supported on Darwin 17 i386

#66334

openssh: /opt/local/bin/ssh-agent not used

#66515

cctools @949.0.1_2 does not support llvm-15

#66905

alex @3.2.7.1: ld: file not found: /usr/lib/system/libsystem_darwin.dylib

#66918

MacOSX10.7.sdk and MacOSX10.9.sdk: Marked as broken by rev-upgrade

#67169

meld displays file table intermittently

#67194

SendMIDI, ReceiveMIDI: The 10.14 SDK (Xcode 10.1+) is required to build JUCE apps

#67338

py-pyobjc @9.0.1 fails to build on <= 10.13

#68163

lldb-12 @12.0.1: error: 'ptsname_r' is only available on macOS 10.13.4 or newer

#68607

tatami, tatami-devel fail to build with clang on < 10.14: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "___kmpc_for_static_fini" etc.

#68871

btop broken on Catalina and below

#68890

tiledb @2.18.2 fails to build with clangs on Catalina and earlier

#69006

LimeChat broken on every macOS from Mojave down

#69122

smtube fails to display video previews if built with Qt4: SSL issue?

#69192

folly +tests needs a better fix for aligned_alloc on macOS <11; perhaps, switch to posix_memalign

#69347

rocksdb: clang builds fail on < 10.13: error: aligned allocation function of type 'void *(std::size_t, std::align_val_t)' is only available on macOS 10.13 or newer

#69410

rb*-unf_ext tries to link against libstdc++ on 10.7–10.12 with clang

#69469

rizin fails to build on 10.12 and below: error: too many arguments provided to function-like macro invocation; error: use of undeclared identifier 'POSIX_SPAWN_CLOEXEC_DEFAULT'

#69496

lpython needs filesystem on < 10.15 when Clang is used

#69771

glib2 @2.80.0 +universal links wrong

#69786

R-quanteda now fails on 10.12 and earlier with libc++: error: aligned deallocation function of type 'void (void *, std::align_val_t) noexcept' is only available on macOS 10.13 or newer

#69791

geany @2.0 Fails to Build on High Sierra - default member initializer for 'character' needed within definition of enclosing class

#69886

rb30-nokogiri, rb31-nokogiri, rb32-nokogiri, rb33-nokogiri @1.16.4: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

#69914

duckdb @0.10.2: Undefined symbols "duckdb::RadixHTConfig::BLOCK_FILL_FACTOR"

#70171

sigil-qt4 fails to build with clang: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "boost::scoped_static_mutex_lock::scoped_static_mutex_lock(boost::static_mutex&, bool)"

#70187

qemu @9.0.0 aborts on Sierra

#70282

folly @2024.06.03.00 fails on Catalina and below with libc++: error: no matching constructor for initialization of 'std::function<LocalRefCount ()>'

#70332

gstreamer1-gst-plugins-base @1.24.5_0+ogg+universal+x11: linking of temporary binary failed

#70474

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

#70867

clang-17: Undefined symbols: __availability_version_check

#71072

openjdk21 @21.0.4+7: invalid or unsupported format for signature

#71180

port test p5.34-class-data-inheritable fails with: tar: Ignoring malformed pax extended attribute

#71193

Experimental p5.38-mac-systemdirectory does not build for testing on macOS High Sierra, version 10.13.6, because of wrong input/answer?

#71194

Experimental p5.38-pathtools does not build for testing on macOS High Sierra, version 10.13.6, because of old semantics

#71231

p5-sub-handlesvia test 50objectpad.t fails because it uses has instead of field

#71242

p5-module-signature has problems to build with Perl 5.34 (and similarly with Perl 5.38)

#71248

isl-devel @0.27: fatal error: 'any' file not found

#52323

aquaterm fails to build on 10.12 sierra

#52559

py27-numpy fresh installation on Sierra fails test

#52661

Gedit error in mac sierra

#53168

python27: Python Frameworks not codesigned in MacOS Sierra

#53305

arm-elf-gcc3 @3.4.6_2: fails on Sierra - - undefined symbols

#53573

arm-elf-gcc build failed on Sierra 10.12.2

#53702

arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc @2005q3-2: fails on Sierra - Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64

#57067

SIerra: issue with assembler "as" in conjunction with gfortran

#57676

sshfs 2.x unable to create mount points (Sierra/High Sierra and later)

#63004

emacs-app-devel @20210430_1+nativecomp+rsvg does not work on mac OS High Sierra, 10.13.6

#65456

Build msp430-gcc-devel failed on High Sierra

#66267

MySQL 8.0.31 failed to be built with macports-clang-15 on macOS <= 10.12 Sierra

#66671

llvm-15 @15.0.6 Failure to install on High Sierra

#67112

openjdk17: Build failure on High Sierra and earlier

#68350

gcc12@12.3.0_3 - Fails to Upgrade and Build on High Sierra