Error: org.macports.build for port pdflib returned: command execution failed

[avijitshee88@…]

Hi, I have recently upgraded my mac from Snow leopard(10.6) to Mountain Lion(10.8.4) and my Xcode version to 4.6.3. When i was running the command 'sudo upgrade outdated', I am getting the following error message.

sudo port install pdflib build.jobs=1
dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/sudo) is setuid or setgid
--->  Fetching archive for pdflib
--->  Attempting to fetch pdflib-7.0.5_1.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/pdflib
--->  Attempting to fetch pdflib-7.0.5_1.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/pdflib
--->  Attempting to fetch pdflib-7.0.5_1.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/pdflib
--->  Fetching distfiles for pdflib
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for pdflib
--->  Extracting pdflib
--->  Applying patches to pdflib
--->  Configuring pdflib
--->  Building pdflib
Error: org.macports.build for port pdflib returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port pdflib for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_pdflib/pdflib/main.log
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Error: Processing of port pdflib failed

I have attached my main.log file with this mail.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please fill in the Port field.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please let us know what version of Xcode and clang you have. To find out the Xcode version, get info on it in the Finder. To find out the clang version, run clang -v in the Terminal.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Sorry, I see you mentioned Xcode version 4.6.3 already. That's fine. Have you also opened Xcode, gone to its Preferences window, to the Downloads section, and updated the command line tools?

[avijitshee88@…]

Thank you for the reply. My command line tools are up-to-date (I have checked right now). clang -v in my terminal is providing the following infos:

Apple LLVM version 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.0
Thread model: posix.

some additional infos are, atlas is not in activated in my laptop because I am facing some problems with the present version i.e, atlas @3.10.1_2+gcc45 (active). And I have been unable to install any other version of atlas. If you are interested, please see the main.log of that installation problem..

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

So both atlas and pdflib are failing to build because of error messages from the system headers:

/usr/include/strings.h:74:47: error: expected function body after function declarator

This suggests to me a problem with the system headers, which are part of the Xcode command line tools installation. Although your version of clang is correct for your version of Xcode, perhaps reinstalling the command line tools would help fix your headers. There is a separately installable command line tools download available on Apple's developer web site at ​http://connect.apple.com that I recommend you download and install. Unfortunately, Apple's developer web site is down right now and I don't know when it will be back.

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

There is a separately installable command line tools download available on Apple's developer web site at ​http://connect.apple.com that I recommend you download and install. Unfortunately, Apple's developer web site is down right now and I don't know when it will be back.

I have a cached copy of the April 2013 installer, if you want it.

[avijitshee88@…]

Thanks! I have downloaded and installed the command line tools of April 2013. Still, I have not been able to install either 'pdflib' or 'atlas' . Meanwhile, I have updated my macport version to 2.2.0. That also fails.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This issue was ​resolved by reinstalling MacPorts.