gtkmm does not build

[hwr@…]

I was trying to build gobby, which failed because gtkmm failed to build on 10.6.1:

--->  Building gtkmm
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_x11_gtkmm/work/gtkmm-2.16.0" && /usr/bin/make -j2 all " returned error 2
Command output: /usr/bin/make  all-recursive
Making all in src
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in gdkmm
Making all in private
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in gtk
/usr/bin/make  all-recursive
Making all in src
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in gtkmm
Making all in private
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CXX   --mode=compile /usr/bin/g++-4.2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"gtkmm\"   -I../../gtk -I../../gtk -I../../pango -I../../pango -I../../atk -I../../atk -I../../gdk -I../../gdk -I../../gtk -I../../gtk -I/opt/local/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/opt/local/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/opt/local/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/giomm-2.4 -I/opt/local/lib/giomm-2.4/include -I/opt/local/include/cairomm-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng12 -I/opt/local/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-unix-print-2.0 -D_REENTRANT -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include    -I/opt/local/include  -O2 -arch i386 -Wall -MT recentinfo.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/recentinfo.Tpo -c -o recentinfo.lo recentinfo.cc
/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CXX   --mode=compile /usr/bin/g++-4.2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"gtkmm\"   -I../../gtk -I../../gtk -I../../pango -I../../pango -I../../atk -I../../atk -I../../gdk -I../../gdk -I../../gtk -I../../gtk -I/opt/local/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/opt/local/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/opt/local/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/giomm-2.4 -I/opt/local/lib/giomm-2.4/include -I/opt/local/include/cairomm-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng12 -I/opt/local/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-unix-print-2.0 -D_REENTRANT -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include    -I/opt/local/include  -O2 -arch i386 -Wall -MT ruler.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/ruler.Tpo -c -o ruler.lo ruler.cc
 /usr/bin/g++-4.2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"gtkmm\" -I../../gtk -I../../gtk -I../../pango -I../../pango -I../../atk -I../../atk -I../../gdk -I../../gdk -I../../gtk -I../../gtk -I/opt/local/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/opt/local/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/opt/local/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/giomm-2.4 -I/opt/local/lib/giomm-2.4/include -I/opt/local/include/cairomm-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng12 -I/opt/local/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-unix-print-2.0 -D_REENTRANT -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include -O2 -arch i386 -Wall -MT recentinfo.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/recentinfo.Tpo -c recentinfo.cc  -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/recentinfo.o
 /usr/bin/g++-4.2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"gtkmm\" -I../../gtk -I../../gtk -I../../pango -I../../pango -I../../atk -I../../atk -I../../gdk -I../../gdk -I../../gtk -I../../gtk -I/opt/local/include/glibmm-2.4 -I/opt/local/lib/glibmm-2.4/include -I/opt/local/include/sigc++-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/sigc++-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/giomm-2.4 -I/opt/local/lib/giomm-2.4/include -I/opt/local/include/cairomm-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng12 -I/opt/local/include/pangomm-1.4 -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-unix-print-2.0 -D_REENTRANT -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include -O2 -arch i386 -Wall -MT ruler.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/ruler.Tpo -c ruler.cc  -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/ruler.o
recentinfo.cc: In member function 'bool Gtk::RecentInfo::get_application_info(const Glib::ustring&, Glib::StringArrayHandle&, guint&, time_t&) const':
recentinfo.cc:192: error: invalid conversion from 'gchar**' to 'const gchar**'
recentinfo.cc:192: error:   initializing argument 3 of 'gboolean gtk_recent_info_get_application_info(GtkRecentInfo*, const gchar*, const gchar**, guint*, time_t*)'
make[5]: *** [recentinfo.lo] Error 1
make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
mv -f .deps/ruler.Tpo .deps/ruler.Plo
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gtkmm gtksourceview2 libgnomecups libxmlxx2 net6 gnutls libgcrypt libgpg-error libtasn1 lzo opencdk obby avahi dbus dbus-glib dbus-python25 py25-gobject python25 py25-numeric libdaemon libglade2 py25-gtk py25-cairo py25-numpy fftw-3 py25-nose py25-setuptools
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[pcmaniac@…]

Cc Me!

[pcmaniac@…]

it fails for me too, on 10.5.8 exactly the same error messages

[muchatel@…]

Cc Me!

[autoverkauf@…]

It's maybe a problem with gtkmm 2.16.0 -Y see simular problem here: ​http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=549430

[laurent.perrinet@…]

Cc Me!

[muchatel@…]

I confirm that it is the problem with old version of gtkmm. Upgrade to the newest version solves the problem (see attached patch files to relevant Portfiles)

[WolfgangFahl (Wolfgang Fahl)]

I'd be glad to find a pointer how to upgrade here. The attached diff files above are in HTML format and there is no information here what to do with these. Sorry that I'm asking for something which is probably considered common knowledge here.

[WolfgangFahl (Wolfgang Fahl)]

Ok here is a script for start (at least I found out what the small gray icon close to the link is for). What needs to be done after downloading the patch files?

# # apply diff patches of macports ticket #21955 # # install wget (if not done yet) sudo port install wget # base url for the three attachments base="​https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/21955" # example url # ​https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/21955/Portfile-glibmm.diff # get the three libraries for lib in gtkmm glibmm pangomm do

patch=Portfile-$lib.diff if [ -f $patch ] then

echo "portfile patch $patch already downloaded"

else

echo "getting portfile patch $patch" wget --no-check-certificate $base/$patch

fi locate $lib | grep Portfile | grep -v old

done

[WolfgangFahl (Wolfgang Fahl)]

#
# apply diff patches of macports ticket #21955
#
# install wget (if not done yet)
sudo port install wget
# base url for the three attachments
base="https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/21955"
# example url
#  https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/21955/Portfile-glibmm.diff
# get the three libraries
for lib in gtkmm glibmm pangomm
do
  patch=Portfile-$lib.diff
  if [ -f $patch ]
  then
    echo "portfile patch $patch already downloaded"
  else
    echo "getting portfile patch $patch"
    wget --no-check-certificate  $base/$patch
  fi
  locate $lib | grep Portfile | grep -v old
done

[WolfgangFahl (Wolfgang Fahl)]

Some investigation later this script seems to work. May be this could be a basis for getting similar tickets applied for novices and other people:

#
# apply diff patches of macports ticket #21955
# author wf (contact via http://www.bitplan.com)
# 2009-10-22
# License: Public domain

#
# check the availability of a user specific Local Portfile repository
# see 4.6 of http://guide.macports.org
#
checksourcesconf() {
	# get the sources conf
	echo "looking for sources.conf .."
	sourcesconf=`locate macports/sources.conf`
	echo "found $sourcesconf"
	echo "looking for local portfile repository in $HOME"
	localrep=`grep $HOME $sourcesconf`
	echo "found $localrep"
	expectedrep="file://"$HOME"/ports"
	if [ "$localrep" = "$expectedrep" ] 
	then
	  echo "good ..."
	else
	  echo "you might want to add $expectedrep to $sourcesconf as outlined in 4.6 Local Portfile Repositories of http://guide.macports.org"
		exit 1
	fi
}

#
# get the relative path of a portfile starting from "release" e.g.
# 
getRelativePath() {
	# get relative path
	echo $1  | awk '
	 # split with path separator
	 BEGIN { FS="/";docollect=0 }
	 { 
	   # loop over path parts
	   for (i=1;i<NF;i++) {
		   # when collection is active
		   if (docollect) {
         path=path delim $i
				 delim="/"
			 }
		   if ($i=="release")
			   docollect=1
	   }	   
		 print path
	 }'
}

# do we have a local portfile repository?
checksourcesconf
# install wget (if not done yet)
echo "installing wget with sudo port install wget"
sudo port install wget
# base url for the three attachments
base="https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/21955"
# get the current directory
current=`pwd`
# example url
#  https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/21955/Portfile-glibmm.diff
# get the three libraries
for lib in gtkmm glibmm pangomm
do
  # go back to directory where we started
  cd $current
	# the patch file we are looking for
  patch=Portfile-$lib.diff
	# check whether it's already there
  if [ -f $patch ] 
	then
	  echo "portfile patch $patch already downloaded" 
	else
	  echo "getting portfile patch $patch"
    wget --no-check-certificate  $base/$patch
	fi
	# apply patch to the given portfile by putting the patch
	# in the local repository
	# get the portfile
  portfile=`locate $lib/Portfile | grep -v old`
	# if we found a portfile
	if [ "$portfile" = "" ] 
	then
	  echo "could not find original portfile for $lib"
	else
	  echo "extracting relative path from $portfile"
	  relpath=`getRelativePath $portfile`
		echo "found $relpath"
		echo "creating $relpath in $HOME if it does not exist yet"
		if [ -d $HOME/$relpath ]
		then
		  echo "$HOME/relpath already exists ... good"
	  else
	  	echo "creating local repository path $relpath"
	  	mkdir -p $HOME/$relpath
		fi
		# copy the portfile and patch file
		echo "preparing patch of portfile for $lib"
		cp $portfile $HOME/$relpath
		cp $current/$patch $HOME/$relpath
		echo "patching portfile for $lib"
		cd $HOME/$relpath
		patch Portfile $patch
   echo "you may later try to install $lib with sudo port install $lib"
	fi
done
# recreate ports index
echo "recreating ports index"
cd $HOME/ports
portindex
# finished

[WolfgangFahl (Wolfgang Fahl)]

your might want to do a

sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

before using the script above if you updated macports recently since the updatedb script only runs weekly by default and the locate command might not find all your Portfiles

also "grep -h" might be necessary in the checksourcesconf() section

[someuser12]

I suggest the following changes (improvements?) to the script above:

• use portfile=port file $lib instead of portfile=locate $lib/Portfile | grep -v old (then, there is no need to rebuild the locate database since we don't use locate)

• do not use locate to find the sources.conf file, but rather some trick like:

portprefix=port dir wget | sed -e 's/var\/macports\/sources.*//' sourcesconf=$portprefix/etc/macports/sources.conf

(and make sure wget is installed before calling checksourcesconf() )

Indeed, if there are several versions of Mac OS X on the hard disk (say 10.4 and 10.5), using locate we are going to find the sources.conf file of the first one, which might not be the running one (I had the problem). I think the trick hereabove is more robust.

By the way, suggestion for the maintainers of MacPorts: give a way to get the prefix from the port command (something like "port prefix" would return "/opt/local") or, maybe better, add a command like "echo" that expands the global TCL variables used in portfiles instead of the pseudoports (if this command is "tclexpand", then "port tclexpand '$prefix'" would return "/opt/local").

• do not assume that the local repository is in $HOME but read the sources.conf file to find where it is (and complains if there is none, as did the script). The best would be to check all local repositories listed in sources.conf and see if there is one where the user has write access but... Here we assume there is only one.

• accordingly, make all operations (cp, patch, and so on) in $localrep instead of explicitly using $HOME .

Then, the script looks like:

#!/bin/sh
#
# apply diff patches of macports ticket #21955
# author wf (contact via http://www.bitplan.com)
# 2009-10-22
# License: Public domain

#
# check the availability of a user specific Local Portfile repository
# see 4.6 of http://guide.macports.org
#
checksourcesconf() {
        # get the sources conf
        echo "looking for sources.conf .."
        portprefix=`port dir wget | sed -e 's/var\/macports\/sources.*//'`
        sourcesconf=$portprefix/etc/macports/sources.conf
        echo "found $sourcesconf"
        echo "looking for local portfile repository"
        localrep=`grep ^file:// $sourcesconf | sed -e 's/^file:\/\///'`
        echo "found $localrep"
        if [ "$localrep" = "" ] 
        then
          echo "you might want to add $HOME/ to $sourcesconf as outlined in 4.6 Local Portfile Repositories of http://guide.macports.org"
          exit 1
        else
          echo "good ..."
        fi
}

#
# get the relative path of a portfile starting from "release" e.g.
# 
getRelativePath() {
        # get relative path
        echo $1  | awk '
         # split with path separator
         BEGIN { FS="/";docollect=0 }
         { 
           # loop over path parts
           for (i=1;i<NF;i++) {
                   # when collection is active
                   if (docollect) {
         path=path delim $i
                                 delim="/"
                         }
                   if ($i=="ports")
                           docollect=1
           }       
                 print path
         }'
}

# install wget (if not done yet)
echo "installing wget with sudo port install wget"
sudo port install wget
# do we have a local portfile repository?
checksourcesconf
# base url for the three attachments
base="https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/21955"
# get the current directory
current=`pwd`
# example url
#  https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/21955/Portfile-glibmm.diff
# get the three libraries
for lib in gtkmm glibmm pangomm
do
  # go back to directory where we started
  cd $current
        # the patch file we are looking for
  patch=Portfile-$lib.diff
        # check whether it's already there
  if [ -f $patch ] 
        then
          echo "portfile patch $patch already downloaded" 
        else
          echo "getting portfile patch $patch"
    wget --no-check-certificate  $base/$patch
        fi
        # apply patch to the given portfile by putting the patch
        # in the local repository
        # get the portfile
  portfile=`port file $lib`
        # if we found a portfile
        if [ "$portfile" = "" ] 
        then
          echo "could not find original portfile for $lib"
        else
          echo "extracting relative path from $portfile"
          relpath=`getRelativePath $portfile`
                echo "found $relpath"
                echo "creating $relpath in $localrep if it does not exist yet"
                if [ -d $localrep/$relpath ]
                then
                  echo "$localrep/relpath already exists ... good"
                else
                  echo "creating local repository path $relpath"
                  mkdir -p $localrep/$relpath
                fi
                # copy the portfile and patch file
                echo "preparing patch of portfile for $lib"
                cp $portfile $localrep/$relpath
                cp $current/$patch $localrep/$relpath
                echo "patching portfile for $lib"
                cd $localrep/$relpath
                patch Portfile $patch
   echo "you may later try to install $lib with sudo port install $lib"
        fi
done
# recreate ports index
echo "recreating ports index from repository $localrep"
cd $localrep
portindex
cd $current
# finished

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Cc reporter of duplicate #22239.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Thank you for the patches.

• r59943: updated pangomm to 2.26.0
• r59945: updated glibmm to 2.22.1
• r59946: updated gtkmm to 2.18.2

Please take the discussion about an automated update script elsewhere, for example the macports-dev mailing list.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Cc reporter of dup #22277.