gnu-classpath @0.99: configure fails: error: cannot determine a size for void *

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Attached are the relevant logs. Even though gnu-classpath is nomaintainer, I'm cc-ing mww on this because he's the maintainer for gnu-crypto and gnu-classpathx-activation, which depend on gnu-classpath.

Relevant part of main.log:

:info:configure checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
:info:configure checking size of void *... configure: error: cannot determine a size for void *
:info:configure Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_java_gnu-classpath/gnu-classpath/work/classpath-0.99" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --disable-gtk-peer --disable-gconf-peer --disable-plugin --with-antlr-jar=/opt/local/lib/antlr.jar 
:info:configure Exit code: 1
:error:configure org.macports.configure for port gnu-classpath returned: configure failure: command execution failed
:debug:configure Error code: NONE
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: command execution failed
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: targets not executed for gnu-classpath: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:error:configure Failed to install gnu-classpath
:debug:configure Registry error: gnu-classpathx-activation not registered as installed & active.
    invoked from within
"registry_active ${subport}"
    invoked from within
"$workername eval registry_active \${subport}"

My system info:

gl00b05046:~ root# uname -a
Darwin gl00b05046.cats.gwu.edu 11.4.2 Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:25:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
gl00b05046:~ root# xcodebuild -version
Xcode 4.6
Build version 4H127
gl00b05046:~ root# clang --version
Apple LLVM version 4.2 (clang-425.0.24) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2
Thread model: posix

Although I think I remember running into this error on Snow Leopard, too...

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

gnu-classpath's main.log

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

gnu-classpath's config.log

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Looks like genuinely bad code in the conftest.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Replying to jmr@…:

Looks like genuinely bad code in the conftest.

So is there any way we could patch it? Or should this be reported upstream?

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

So, I was just testing to see if this still occurs, and apparently there's a new error now:

checking for javac... javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides
checking if javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides is a version of gcj... no
checking if javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides works... configure: error: The Java compiler javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides failed (see config.log, check the CLASSPATH?)
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_java_gnu-classpath/gnu-classpath/work/classpath-0.99" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --disable-gtk-peer --disable-gconf-peer --disable-plugin --with-antlr-jar=/opt/local/lib/antlr.jar 
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to configure gnu-classpath: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_java_gnu-classpath/gnu-classpath/work/classpath-0.99/config.log

Checking in config.log, I see:

configure:24481: checking for javac
configure:24497: found /usr/bin/javac
configure:24508: result: javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides
configure:24565: checking if javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides is a version of gcj
configure:24579: result: no
configure:24594: checking if javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides works
configure:24619: javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides  -source 1.5 -target 1.5 Object.java
warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 5
error: Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 8 or later.
error: Target option 5 is no longer supported. Use 8 or later.
configure:24622: $? = 2
configure:24626: error: The Java compiler javac -Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides failed (see config.log, check the CLASSPATH?)

Seems like a symptom of the port just being really old and outdated in general... is it still even needed any longer? As much as I hate seeing ports get deleted, that might actually be the most sensible option here...