couchdb: configure fails claiming erlang is missing openssl support

[conradwt (Conrad Taylor)]

Hi, the couchdb port failed to build failed because erlang port is missing the openssl support. Next, in ticket #30012, I updated the portfile for erlang and the build completed successfully and port was activated. However, I noticed many erlang level errors which appeared to be erlang tests.

$ sudo port -v install couchdb
Password:
--->  Computing dependencies for couchdb.
--->  Configuring couchdb
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checking dependency style of /Developer/usr/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2... gcc3
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checking ICU_CXXFLAGS... -pipe -O2 -arch x86_64 -O2 -W -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long   
checking ICU_LIBS... -arch x86_64  -lpthread -lm   -L/opt/local/lib -licui18n -licuuc -licudata  -lpthread -lm   
checking for curl-config... /opt/local/bin/curl-config
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checking CURL_CFLAGS... -I/opt/local/include
checking CURL_LIBS... -L/opt/local/lib -lcurl -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -lidn -lssl -lcrypto -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lz
checking for erl... /opt/local/bin/erl
configure: error: Could not find the Erlang crypto library. Has Erlang been compiled with OpenSSL support?
shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_databases_couchdb/couchdb/work/apache-couchdb-1.1.0" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-js-include=/opt/local/include/js --with-erlang=/opt/local/lib/erlang/usr/include " returned error 1
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Warning: the following items did not execute (for couchdb): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Log for couchdb is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_databases_couchdb/couchdb/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[jyrkiwahlstedt]

Erlang port now has the ssl support as a default, so nothing to do here. And 10.7 is not yet in the public...

[hypertornado@…]

10.7 is now in public, so what should i do to fix this error?

[bfulgham@…]

I've just updated to Lion, and am attempting the build now.

[bfulgham@…]

This works properly for me. Can you provide a new error message after getting a successful erlang build under 10.7?

[jyrkiwahlstedt]

Ok, this is an erlang thing that is fixed, so I'll leave it at that…

[paul@…]

Hey all, sorry to be a pain, but I'm still butting against this issue. It's odd, as I'm running the new version of Erlang (referenced in ticket #30012). Basically, CouchDB refuses to compile, barfing out with the following message:

:info:configure checking CURL_LIBS... -L/opt/local/lib -lcurl -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -lidn -lssl -lcrypto -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lz
:info:configure checking for erl... /opt/local/bin/erl
:info:configure configure: error: Could not find the Erlang crypto library. Has Erlang been compiled with OpenSSL support?
:info:configure shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_databases_couchdb/couchdb/work/apache-couchdb-1.1.0" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-js-include=/opt/local/include/js --with-erlang=/opt/local/lib/erlang/usr/include " returned error 1

The funny thing is, if I cd to the working directory, and run

./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-js-include=/opt/local/include/js --with-erlang=/opt/local/lib/erlang/usr/include

It compiles cleanly, and the resulting binary works as expected. Any ideas on what may be going on here?

[conradwt (Conrad Taylor)]

The couchdb port now installs for me without any issues using the standard build process (i.e. sudo port install couched).

[conradwt (Conrad Taylor)]

Correction: (i.e. sudo port install couchdb)

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please cc yourself when you reopen.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

paul@: Is erlang installed with +ssl? Check with

port installed erlang

It's a default variant but it can be turned off.

[paul@…]

Thanks for the note about CCing. Erlang is definitely compiled with SSL, and couchdb will compile cleanly when run directly:

WC-MacBook ~ $ port list variant:ssl | grep erlang
erlang                         @R14B03         lang/erlang

Any chance it could be a shell issue; some permissions than an user's interactive shell would have that a subshell wouldn't?

[joh.dokler@…]

The configure for the couchdb is run as a macports user. When checking for the ssl library using:

has_crypto=`${ERL} -eval "case application:load(crypto) of ok -> ok; _ -> exit(no_crypto) end." -noshell -s init stop`

the erl returns the following error:

=ERROR REPORT==== 13-Aug-2011::13:58:20 === file:path_eval([".","/var/root"],".erlang"): permission denied

Which indicates that the erl tries to eval the .erlang init file inside /var/root. Which is of course is inaccessible to the macports user.

[joh.dokler@…]

Cc Me!

[joh.dokler@…]

Cc Me!

[joh.dokler@…]

Cc Me!

[paul@…]

Yeap, that's the ticket. I manually futzed with the Portfile, and removed the check for Erlang's crpyto library:

sudo vi /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_databases_couchdb/couchdb/work/apache-couchdb-1.1.0/configure

And just deleted the following code block:

has_crypto=`${ERL} -eval "case application:load(crypto) of ok -> ok; _ -> exit(no_crypto) end." -noshell -s init stop`

if test -n "$has_crypto"; then
    as_fn_error $? "Could not find the Erlang crypto library. Has Erlang been compiled with OpenSSL support?" "$LINENO" 5
fi

Now, this doesn't actually fix the bloody problem, but it bypasses the test for the Erlang crypto library, which is included by default in the Macports Erlang port, and allows the build to go forward.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Replying to paul@…:

port list variant:ssl | grep erlang

JFYI, that only tells you that erlang has an ssl variant, not that it is selected in the installed port.

[bfulgham@…]

Couchdb builds and runs find for me R14B04 erlang. Erlang always builds with +ssl now, so I don't think you should be having any problems.

[dougie.richardson@…]

I ran into the same problem on Snow Leopard and deleting the block paul mentioned did the trick.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

​The buildbot experiences the problem in this ticket.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I can't figure out how to reproduce the issue on my system, though I feel like I understand the problem, and feel like I should be experiencing it.

I've changed the port in r87246 to check for erlang +ssl in the portfile, so we can fail early with a nicer error message, and in r87247 I removed the same check from the configure script. This seems to have fixed the buildbot, though the pre-configure check still prints this warning:

file:path_eval([".","/var/root"],".erlang"): permission denied

I'm not sure if this means the check was done or not. So in r87248 I changed it further to set HOME to a value inside workpath, which should not have any permissions problems. See also #31827. But of course the buildbot isn't building it again now

Building couchdb (1 of 1)...package found, not building again

So I have to just assume I fixed this.