texlive-bin fails to build on 10.4.11, G3

[tobia.tesan@…]

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--->  Computing dependencies for texlive-bin
--->  Building texlive-bin
Error: org.macports.build for port texlive-bin returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port texlive-bin for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_tex_texlive-bin/texlive-bin/main.log
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Error: Processing of port texlive-bin failed

[tobia.tesan@…]

build log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please remember to use WikiFormatting.

The log says:

error: ‘localtime_r’ was not declared in this scope

This error was ​noted before on our mailing list, unfortunately without a solution.

[tobia.tesan@…]

Oh, I see. That's too bad.

I would be glad to give more constructive help, but I don't know the first thing about that codebase, much less where localtime_r() is expected to be found or what it does.

Any hints about where should I begin to look?

Can the upstream mantainers shed any light about the subject?

Doesn't sound like a super hardcore bug.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

localtime_r should be declared intime.h and implemented in libSystem.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

And indeed libs/icu/icu-49.1/common/putil.cpp doesn't include time.h.

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

I don't have a Tiger machine anymore; can someone who does try adding #include <time.h> to libs/icu/icu-49.1/common/putil.cpp and see if it builds now?

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

Also, I wonder if the icu port has the same issue now that it's been updated to 49.1...

[ccarey@…]

patch to libs/icu/icu-49.1/common/putil.cpp to allow texlive-bin @2012_4 +no_x11 to build successfully on Tiger

[ccarey@…]

Replying to dports@…:

Also, I wonder if the icu port has the same issue now that it's been updated to 49.1...

The patch for icu @49.1.2_0 on Tiger in #36495 also lets texlive-bin @2012_4 +no_x11 build successfully on Tiger; a patch suited for texlive-bin is attached above. (There are minor differences between the putil.cpp file in icu and the one in texlive-bin, but those differences don't affect the patch.)

The same caveats that were noted in the description of #36495 apply to this patch, too. This patch works on Tiger, but I don’t know if it might cause any problems on Leopard and newer. If you have access to machines running Leopard or newer, please compile texlive-bin with this patch on those machines before integrating this patch into this MacPorts port. (I compiled with +no_x11 on my machine, but compiling with or without X11 should not make a difference with this patch.)

[ccarey@…]

Replying to tobia.tesan@…:

Doesn't sound like a super hardcore bug.

It wasn’t. Please add haspatch to this ticket’s keywords.

[ccarey@…]

Replying to jmr@…:

And indeed libs/icu/icu-49.1/common/putil.cpp doesn't include time.h.

Line 119 in that file suggests otherwise.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

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