automake 1.11.2 fails to compile

[giordano.marcello@…]

automake 1.11.2 fails to compile because a recent enough version of autoconf cannot be found :

--->  Verifying checksum(s) for automake
--->  Checksumming automake-1.11.2.tar.bz2
--->  Extracting automake
--->  Extracting automake-1.11.2.tar.bz2
--->  Configuring automake
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin11.2.0
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... lib/install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for perl... /opt/local/bin/perl
checking whether /opt/local/bin/perl supports ithreads... no
checking for tex... tex
checking whether autoconf is installed... yes
checking whether autoconf works... yes
checking whether autoconf is recent enough... no
configure: error: Autoconf 2.62 or better is required.
shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_automake/automake/work/automake-1.11.2" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --infodir=/opt/local/share/info " 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 automake): org.macports.install org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot
Log for automake is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_automake/automake/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

the latest autoconf (2.68) is installed though. main.log attached

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

That's strange. Can you attach the config.log also? And can you show the output of:

port -v installed autoconf
which autoconf
autoconf --version

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Cc Me!

[giordano.marcello@…]

➜  ~  port -v installed autoconf
The following ports are currently installed:
  autoconf @2.68_2 (active) platform='darwin 11' archs='noarch'

➜  ~  which autoconf
/opt/local/bin/autoconf

➜  ~  autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

config.log attached

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Configuration of automake appears to be picking up the system autoconf.

configure:2436: eval autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

What is the output of:

$ autoconf --version

Have you modified the value of binpath in ${prefix}/etc/macports/macports.conf at all? What is binpath set to?

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Replying to ram@…:

What is the output of:

$ autoconf --version

Ahh, I see you already ran this. Sorry.... That looks right so it's geting autoconf from the system.

[giordano.marcello@…]

➜  ~  cat /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf | grep -n1 prefix
4-# Set the directory in which to install ports. Must match where MacPorts itself is installed.
5:prefix			/opt/local
6-
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134-
135:binpath		        ${prefix}/bin:${prefix}/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin

I think I added the /usr/texbin for having macports recognize my MacTex environment.

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

That looks OK. In the past I've seen similar failures, in those cases the users had added /Developer/usr/bin to binpath, which clearly was a bad idea. But that isn't the case here...

Looks like you're running 10.7.2, what version of Xcode?

[giordano.marcello@…]

Developer Information:

  Version:	4.2 (4D199)
  Location:	/Developer
  Applications:
  Xcode:	4.2 (828)
  Instruments:	4.2 (4233)
  Dashcode:	3.0.2 (336)
  SDKs:
  Mac OS X:
  10,6:	(10K549)
  10,7:	(11C63)
  iPhone OS:
  5,0:	(9A334)
  iPhone Simulator:
  5,0:	(9A334)

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Xcode-4.2.1 has been available for a while now, but it's only a minor release so I doubt that will help...

I can't see any reason why this problem is happening, I have a very similar setup and can't reproduce this.

[giordano.marcello@…]

Upgrading to Xcode-4.2.1 didn't help. Strangely, I downloaded sources for automake-1.11.2, extracted and tried to compile them and it worked, the right version of autoconf was picked.

[giordano.marcello@…]

Replacing "${prefix}" with "/opt/local" in the binpath line in macports.conf fixed the issue.

Now idea why this worked though.

[giordano.marcello@…]

Cc Me!

[giordano.marcello@…]

Cc Me!