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Lion Problems

General Issues

First of all, please read Migration. Xcode 4.3 Users must follow the Migration instructions.

If you have found a new issue which is not yet listed on this page, please report to the MailingLists or file a  ticket.

Tickets for Broken Ports

#20309
qt4-x11 doesn't support 10.6 yet
#30090
postgresql90, postgresql91: segment fault 11 with OS X 10.7
#30125
psql: could not connect to server: Permission denied
#30129
encfs 1.74 Mac OS X Lion
#30276
gmp fails to build on 10.7
#30277
python27: xml.sax does not work, preventing build of py27-libxml2
#30282
gcc44 @ 4.4.6 build failure on OS X 10.7
#30299
pdftk @1.44 build failure on Lion
#30306
GCC 4.5 fails on Lion
#30310
cdrtools-3.00 hangs during configure/compilation creating avoffset.h
#30319
Go @57.1 fails to build with Xcode 4.1
#30380
ManOpen @2.5.1 build failure on Lion
#30388
mono fails to build on 10.7
#30411
atlas fails to configure
#30423
swi-prolog: build fails on OS X Lion
#30439
ldapvi build fails on Lion
#30524
Avidemux avidemux-2.5.3_5+aac+dts+lame+ogg+x264+xvi fails to build
#30525
avidemux @2.5.3_5: error: invalid conversion from ‘const char**’ to ‘char**’
#30538
twain-sane @2.9 --- build failure
#30577
apache-ivy not building on OSX Lion clean
#30582
hugs98 build failure: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "_environ"
#30594
steghide @0.5.1 fails at compilation
#30609
expat @2.0.1 +universal Configure failure
#30657
Pallet crashed during port upgrade
#30679
qt3-mac @3.3.8b + Fails to Build on Lion
#30710
w3m crashes under Lion
#30721
Mac OSX Lion - XCode v4.2 - ejabberd 2.1.8
#30746
molmol doesn't display graphical widgets under Lion
#30776
Xaw3d @1.5E, Revision 4 (x11) fails to build on lion
#30809
gtk2 fails to build on lion: `/opt/local/lib/libfreetype.la' is not a valid libtool archive
#30813
gprolog installation fails on OS X Lion
#30866
octave-java not working
#30881
py26-wxpython +carbon build fails on osx Lion
#30951
Samba3 not reading groups resulting in logon failure. (Lion)
#30958
jove @4.16.0.70 fails to build
#31012
inkscape with gtk +no_x11 +quartz crashes on 10.7
#31152
krusader @2.0.0 build failure
#31210
noweb 2.11b fails to build on OS X 10.7 Lion
#31256
ctags 5.8 creates improper tags file when compiled on OS X Lion
#31267
AntTweakBar is out of date and fails to build on Lion
#31374
darktable @0.7.1 build failure
#31391
sane-backends +universal build failure: -E, -S, -save-temps and -M options are not allowed with multiple -arch flags
#31462
Samba3 Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64
#31489
"gv: Unable to open the display" @ Mac OS X Lion
#31490
MPlayer +x11: error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
#31521
oracle-instantclient: segmentation fault
#31528
rdesktop 1.6.0: segmentation fault
#31604
gcc44, gcc45, gcc46: build hangs on lion, due to mpfr built with clang
#31685
boxes not working (in Lion?)
#31698
erlang @R14B04 build hangs in Lion, in beam.smp, no cpu usage
#31736
gcc44, gcc45 precompiled headers broken on lion
#31746
icewm: error: use of undeclared identifier 'getItem'
#31768
kernel panic when touch file in filesystem mounted with sshfs
#31790
libmemcached: clang: error: cannot specify -o when generating multiple output files
#31800
Mozart fails to build on Lion
#31885
apple-gcc42 failed to compile: conflicting types for 'psignal'
#31907
Alpine has build error on Lion
#31989
php52 +pear: [install-pear-installer] Segmentation fault: 11
#32082
uni2ascii @4.18: conflicting types for 'getline'
#32141
munin node fail to update with "Plugin XYZ Can't drop privileges: setrgid()"
#32162
compare @1.16_2 fails to build
#32300
djview @4.8 build failure with qt4-mac-devel
#32309
kdesdk4 build failure
#32348
Lion's libcups expects _iconv in libiconv.
#32441
samba3 build failed on Lion
#32611
Eterm crashes at launch
#32616
libinfinity: non-void function 'inf_communication_method_received' should return a value
#32662
netbsd-iscsi-initiator
#32817
postgresql91-server @9.1.2_0 initialization fails
#32992
fltk 1.1.10 does not build on Lion: use of undeclared identifier 'NewRgn'
#33030
qt4-mac-devel (4.8.0 final) fails to build (on Lion) - missing QtWebKit_debug
#33254
mime @1.1: fails to build on Lion
#33300
postgresql91: error: conflicting types for ‘uuid_t’

#30359
Lion mp2.0.0 cyrus-sasl2 fails
#30419
Groovy fails to build 10.7 Lion Macports 2 17 missing artifacts
#30636
MenuMeters @1.3 Build Failure on Lion - Needs upstream 1.5 I believe
#30649
zoo @2.10pl1_0 Patch for Lion support
#30787
xcircuit @3.4.30 crashes on Lion
#30823
fdesign in xforms does not run in OS X 10.7 (Lion).
#30829
munin installation fails on Lion with no JRE installed
#30873
net/mrtg @2.17.2 rateup Lion crash - WARNING: rateup died from Signal 11
#30927
gimp2 @2.6.11_6+python27+x11 - X11 crash on Lion
#30995
xine-lib build fails on Lion (10.7.1)
#31233
Unable to install fuse4x-kext on Lion
#31243
xmms2 wont compile/install on Lion
#31312
yap fails to build under lion
#31666
Sphinx installation fails on Lion
#31677
ocaml @3.12.1 Native dynlink detection error with Darwin 11 (OS X Lion)
#31711
py26-twisted build fails on Lion / Xcode 4.2
#31712
cairo, cairo-devel: build on Lion for previous SDKs fails
#31781
ghc will not build on Lion
#31809
VIPS not building on OS X Lion
#31891
Python loading system numpy in preference to MacPorts version (Lion)
#31958
Digikam does not start on Lion
#31984
elinks-devel @0.12pre5_1 Segmentation fault on Lion with boehmgc
#32008
qt4-mac-devel (4.8.0rc1) fails to build on Lion
#32043
osxutils not building on Lion
#32045
distcc not building on Lion
#32083
pixen @2v2 fails to build on lion/xcode 4.2
#32225
dbus-glib fails to build on lion
#32329
tk +quartz fails to build on Lion
#32379
gnudatalanguage @0.9.2 does not install with variant wxWidgets on Lion
#32391
Lion: cyrus-sasl @2.1.23_3+kerberos causes Incompatible library version: LDAP requires version 3.0.0 or later, but libsasl2.2.dylib provides version 0.0.0
#32719
mpd crash on Lion when playing m4a files
#32749
wine-devel 1.3.36 fails to configure on Mac OS X Lion
#32976
gcc46 fails to compile (upgrade) on Lion
#32978
nsd 3.2.8 fails to build with clang on Lion with Xcode 4.2
#33024
broken pari/GP in OS/X Lion
#33046
kdelibs4 doesn't build on Lion in kpty.cpp
#33061
ccl 1.7.1 fails to build on OS X Lion
#33102
python27 build fails in Lion