textinfo 4.12 fails to compile

[cabanela@…]

In attempting to upgrade my ports on both my MacBook Pro (Core do, 32 bit) and my Mac Pro (64-bit), I got the following errors:

--->  Fetching texinfo
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for texinfo
--->  Extracting texinfo
--->  Configuring texinfo
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_texinfo/work/texinfo-4.12" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local " returned error 1
Command output: sh: line 0: cd: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_texinfo/work/texinfo-4.12: No such file or directory

Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

[blb@…]

Assigning to maintainer.

Try cleaning it first, then try again:

sudo port clean texinfo

[cabanela@…]

Actually, I should have been clear, I did in fact 'clean'. I always do if there is a problem. But in any case, here's the capture:

[Baryon:~] username% sudo port clean texinfo
Password:
--->  Cleaning texinfo
[Baryon:~] username% sudo port upgrade texinfo
--->  Fetching texinfo
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for texinfo
--->  Extracting texinfo
--->  Configuring texinfo
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_texinfo/work/texinfo-4.12" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local " returned error 1
Command output: sh: line 0: cd: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_texinfo/work/texinfo-4.12: No such file or directory

Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

[vinc17@…]

Could you try with option -v?

sudo port -v upgrade texinfo

Note that you may need to install lzmautils first (unfortunately this cannot be done automatically with the current version of MacPorts). I don't know why MacPorts gives the correct error message and runs the configure target while the extract target has failed.

I'll update the port to display an informational message since MacPorts doesn't do it.

[vinc17@…]

Replying to vinc17@macports.org:

I'll update the port to display an informational message since MacPorts doesn't do it.

Done in r38986.

[cabanela@…]

I did a

sudo port -d sync

to update the port. Then I did

sudo port -v upgrade texinfo

which returned

--->  Configuring texinfo
sh: line 0: cd: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_texinfo/work/texinfo-4.12: No such file or directory
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_texinfo/work/texinfo-4.12" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local " returned error 1
Command output: sh: line 0: cd: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_texinfo/work/texinfo-4.12: No such file or directory

Warning: the following items did not execute (for texinfo): org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure org.macports.build
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

Just in case, I did

sudo port install lzmautils

and then

sudo port upgrade texinfo

That did it, it compiled. So that is it. I should note the there was no obvious information message in texinfo, at least to me.

[raimue@…]

Replying to vinc17@macports.org:

Note that you may need to install lzmautils first (unfortunately this cannot be done automatically with the current version of MacPorts). I don't know why MacPorts gives the correct error message and runs the configure target while the extract target has failed.

At least it can be done with some workaround. Adding depends_build bin:unlzma:lzmautils will work when running commands like port install or port upgrade, although port extract will still fail without lzmautils. But this workaround would at least make the issue go away for most users.

See also #15161.

[vinc17@…]

Replying to raimue@macports.org:

At least it can be done with some workaround. Adding depends_build bin:unlzma:lzmautils will work when running commands like port install or port upgrade, although port extract will still fail without lzmautils. But this workaround would at least make the issue go away for most users.

OK, thanks. I now confirm that this works. Done in r38987.

It seems that I did my previous test with "port extract" first or something like that. Also, depends_build has no effect if lzmautils is just deactivated.

Concerning problems with "port extract", I've reported #16223.