boost +universal: build failure on Leopard x86

[lubodiakov@…]

I attempted to run:

sudo port install boost +universal

It managed to install some of the dependencies like icu, but then crashed and burned.

--->  Configuring boost
--->  Building boost
Error: org.macports.build for port boost returned: command execution failed
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port boost failed

Reran with: sudo port install -d boost +universal

I'm attaching the main.log (/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_boost/boost/main.log)

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

This log is incomplete.

:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.archivefetch (boost)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (boost)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (boost)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (boost)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.patch (boost)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.configure (boost)
:debug:main Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.

​As per the Guide, please clean, try again, and reattach the new main.log.

[lubodiakov@…]

Log of sudo port install -d boost +universal on Leopard x86

[lubodiakov@…]

Ran sudo port clean boost, reattached new main.log.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Your log says:

:info:build Performing configuration checks
:info:build 
:info:build     - has_icu builds           : no
:info:build warning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components.
:info:build note: to enable them, add "using mpi ;" to your user-config.jam
:info:build     - zlib                     : no
:info:build     - iconv (libc)             : no
:info:build     - iconv (separate)         : no
:info:build     - icu                      : no
:info:build     - icu (lib64)              : no
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build     - gcc visibility           : no
:info:build     - long double support      : no
:info:build     - zlib                     : no
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.
:info:build - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built.

On my Leopard i386 system without the universal variant I have:

Performing configuration checks

    - has_icu builds           : yes
warning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components.
note: to enable them, add "using mpi ;" to your user-config.jam
    - zlib                     : yes
    - iconv (libc)             : no
    - iconv (separate)         : yes
    - icu                      : yes
    - compiler-supports-ssse3  : no
    - compiler-supports-avx2   : no
    - gcc visibility           : yes
    - long double support      : yes
    - zlib                     : yes

I'll try with the universal variant after all the dependencies finish upgrading to universal.

Why do you need universal anyway? Do you really need to run this software on both an Intel Mac and on a PowerPC Mac?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

With universal it still says:

Performing configuration checks

    - has_icu builds           : yes
warning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components.
note: to enable them, add "using mpi ;" to your user-config.jam
    - zlib                     : yes
    - iconv (libc)             : no
    - iconv (separate)         : yes
    - icu                      : yes
    - compiler-supports-ssse3  : no
    - compiler-supports-avx2   : no
    - gcc visibility           : yes
    - long double support      : yes
    - zlib                     : yes

So something is wrong on your system that's causing boost to not find any of its dependencies. We need to figure out what that is. Autotools-based configuration systems record that information in a file called config.log, but boost does not use autotools and I don't know where it records this information, if indeed it does at all.

[mdbecque@…]

boost log: configure failure: command execution failed, on leopard ppc

[mdbecque@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Duplicate of #39809.