ghostscript upgrade failing

[bpabbott@…]

After a selfupdate upgrading ghostscript fails with automake 1.12, but succeeds after automake @1.11.5_0 is activated.

$ port installed automake
The following ports are currently installed:
  automake @1.11.1_0
  automake @1.11.2_0
  automake @1.11.3_0
  automake @1.11.5_0
  automake @1.12_0
  automake @1.12.1_0
  automake @1.12.2_0
  automake @1.12.3_0 (active)

$ sudo port upgrade pstoedit
--->  Computing dependencies for ghostscript
--->  Fetching archive for ghostscript
--->  Attempting to fetch ghostscript-9.06_1.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/ghostscript
--->  Attempting to fetch ghostscript-9.06_1.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/ghostscript
--->  Fetching distfiles for ghostscript
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for ghostscript
--->  Extracting ghostscript
--->  Applying patches to ghostscript
--->  Configuring ghostscript
Error: org.macports.configure for port ghostscript returned: autoreconf failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port ghostscript for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

Activating automake @1.11.5_0 fixes the problem.

$ sudo port activate automake @1.11.5_0
--->  Computing dependencies for automake
--->  Deactivating automake @1.12.3_0
--->  Cleaning automake
--->  Activating automake @1.11.5_0
--->  Cleaning automake
Bens-MacBook-Pro:Development bpabbott$ sudo port upgrade ghostscript--->  Computing dependencies for ghostscript
--->  Configuring ghostscript
--->  Building ghostscript
--->  Staging ghostscript into destroot
--->  Installing ghostscript @9.06_1
--->  Cleaning ghostscript
--->  Computing dependencies for ghostscript
--->  Deactivating ghostscript @9.05_2
--->  Cleaning ghostscript
--->  Activating ghostscript @9.06_1
--->  Cleaning ghostscript
... <snip> ...

Ben

[bpabbott@…]

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[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

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ghostscript built fine for me with automake 1.12.3. Please attach the main.log file which shows how it failed for you.