gnome-chemistry-utils @0.14.17_1: error: cannot initialize a member subobject of type 'GnmFuncFlags' with an rvalue of type 'long'

[isolated-matrix]

As the title suggests, gnome-chemistry-utils fails to build. It appears that the port has not been updated for some time, and the port health appears to be quite poor for all versions of macOS listed here: ​https://ports.macports.org/port/gnome-chemistry-utils/details/

The final few lines of the main.log file read:

:info:build Exit code: 2
:error:build Failed to build gnome-chemistry-utils: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 56457 2
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
:debug:build     while executing
:debug:build "system {*}$notty {*}$callback {*}$nice $fullcmdstring"
:debug:build     invoked from within
:debug:build "command_exec -callback portprogress::target_progress_callback build"
:debug:build     (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 10)
:debug:build     invoked from within
:debug:build "$procedure $targetname"

I suspect that the developers are no longer active, as their last post on their website was in 2016. Hoping someone can find a fix, because it sounds like a very useful port.

[isolated-matrix]

log file

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The first error in your log is:

:info:build functions.cc:198:46: error: cannot initialize a member subobject of type 'GnmFuncFlags' with an rvalue of type 'long'
:info:build                         help_molarmass, gnumeric_molarmass, NULL, NULL, NULL,
:info:build                                                                   ^~~~
:info:build /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/clang/15.0.0/include/stddef.h:84:18: note: expanded from macro 'NULL'
:info:build #    define NULL __null
:info:build                  ^~~~~~

Since the buildbot logs had expired I reran builds on macOS 10.14, 10.15, and 11, and they all had the same error.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to isolated-matrix:

I suspect that the developers are no longer active,

Looking in their issue tracker, I found ​this which contains a fix for this issue which I will add to this port but it also says "the project is dead anyway since my retirement from professional life."

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In 00e5ad18fda27d1675cd675fda7a5ffeef8d252c/macports-ports (master):

gnome-chemistry-utils: Fix build with gnumeric >= 1.12.42

Closes: #69336

[isolated-matrix]

Thank you for looking at this so soon! Unfortunately, the same error is popping up. I have tried cleaning and reinstalling, but no luck. Is there anything else that might be causing the issue? The version I have of gnumeric installed is @1.12.55 - could it be that it's too new?