Conflicting versions of libiconv when building ncursesw

[Themanwithoutaplan]

Got this while trying to install pgAdmin3. libiconv was installed as a dependency but it seems there is a version conflict.

[Themanwithoutaplan]

Error log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

What architecture is /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib? I suspect it is not x86_64 as it needs to be. Verify with:

lipo -info /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib 

The common reason for this is if you had libiconv installed, then upgraded from Tiger or Leopard to Snow Leopard, then tried to install another port that relies on libiconv without following the Migration instructions.

[Themanwithoutaplan]

That does seem to be the problem, although not from an upgrade. This is what happened immediately prior to the build failure.

sudo port install pgAdmin3
--->  Computing dependencies for gperf
--->  Fetching gperf
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for gperf
--->  Extracting gperf
--->  Configuring gperf
--->  Building gperf
--->  Staging gperf into destroot
--->  Computing dependencies for gperf
--->  Installing gperf @3.0.4_0+universal
--->  Deactivating gperf @3.0.4_0
--->  Activating gperf @3.0.4_0+universal
--->  Cleaning gperf
--->  Computing dependencies for libiconv
--->  Fetching libiconv
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for libiconv
--->  Extracting libiconv
--->  Applying patches to libiconv
--->  Configuring libiconv
--->  Building libiconv
--->  Staging libiconv into destroot
--->  Computing dependencies for libiconv
--->  Installing libiconv @1.13.1_0+universal
--->  Deactivating libiconv @1.13.1_0
--->  Activating libiconv @1.13.1_0+universal
--->  Cleaning libiconv
--->  Computing dependencies for ncursesw
--->  Fetching ncursesw
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for ncursesw
--->  Extracting ncursesw
--->  Applying patches to ncursesw
--->  Configuring ncursesw

So it looks like the port I wanted to install was insisting on @universal libraries. I'll change the portfile(s) and give it another go. Thanks for the pointe.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

pgAdmin3 only supports 32-bit archs. Dependencies need to be installed with the union of the archs of their dependents.