harfbuzz-icu: installation of faulty .la file causes webkit-gtk build failure.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

/bin/sh ./libtool  --tag=CXX   --mode=link /usr/bin/clang++  -pipe -O2 -Wno-c++11-extensions -arch x86_64 -Wno-c++11-compat -O2 -no-install -no-fast-install -L/opt/local/lib -arch x86_64 -o Programs/TestWebKitAPI/TestGtk Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/Programs_TestWebKitAPI_TestGtk-IntRect.o Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/cairo/Programs_TestWebKitAPI_TestGtk-IntRectCairo.o Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gtk/Programs_TestWebKitAPI_TestGtk-IntRectGtk.o Source/WebCore/platform/gtk/Programs_TestWebKitAPI_TestGtk-GtkInputMethodFilter.o Tools/TestWebKitAPI/Tests/gtk/Programs_TestWebKitAPI_TestGtk-InputMethodFilter.o Libraries/libTestWebKitAPIMain.la Libraries/libgtest.la libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0.la libWebCore.la libWebCoreGtk.la -L/opt/local/lib -lcairo -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lharfbuzz  -L/opt/local/lib -lharfbuzz-icu -lharfbuzz  -L/opt/local/lib -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl  -L/opt/local/lib -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lXrender -lXinerama -lXi -lXrandr -lXcursor -lXcomposite -lXdamage -lXfixes -lX11 -lXext -latk-1.0 -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lm -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl -lfreetype -lfontconfig  -L/opt/local/lib -lsoup-2.4 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl
libtool: link: warning: `-no-install' is ignored for x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.0
libtool: link: warning: assuming `-no-fast-install' instead
libtool: link: cannot find the library `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_macports_trunk_dports_graphics_harfbuzz/harfbuzz-icu/work/harfbuzz-0.9.18/src/libharfbuzz.la' or unhandled argument `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_macports_trunk_dports_graphics_harfbuzz/harfbuzz-icu/work/harfbuzz-0.9.18/src/libharfbuzz.la'
make[1]: *** [Programs/TestWebKitAPI/TestGtk] Error 1

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

That's probably harfbuz installing a bad libtool archive.

I don't experience it on my systems because I don't use .la files.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Yes, I see the same the same thing with yelp for instance. The reference is to the original harfbuzz-icu build directory which, of course, isn't there any more.

I'm just building using things as is. What do you do special, if anything to 'not use .la files.'

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Just to follow up it appears that

• harbuzz-icu installs /opt/local/lib/libharfbuzz-icu.la
• /opt/local/lib/libharfbuzz-icu.la embeds a dependency reference to a file in the build path

# Libraries that this one depends upon.
dependency_libs=' -L/opt/local/lib -licuuc -licudata /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_macports_trunk_dports_graphics_harfbuzz/harfbuzz-icu/work/harfbuzz-0.9.18/src/libharfbuzz.la'

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

Replying to devans@…:

I'm just building using things as is. What do you do special, if anything to 'not use .la files.'

I'm referring to the fact that I set this in macports.conf: delete_la_files yes

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Replying to jeremyhu@…:

I'm referring to the fact that I set this in macports.conf: delete_la_files yes

Thanks for the info. Didn't know this was an option.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Confirming that removal of the offending .la file installed by harfbuzz-icu fixes the problem. So either need to not install the file or fix it so it doesn't refer to paths that don't exist at run time.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Ugh. Did not notice because I run trunk which clears dependency_libs from .la files.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Hopefully r107469 fixes it.