gperf @3.0.4_2 (devel) +universal C compiler cannot create executables

[ashton@…]

Installation of gperf +universal fails with "C compiler cannot create executables"

$ sudo port install gperf +universal
....
--->  Configuring gperf
Error: Failed to configure gperf, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_gperf/gperf/work/gperf-3.0.4/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port gperf returned: configure failure: command execution failed
...

Exhibits behavior similar to this ticket: #29862

I attempted to use different compilers as instructed in the hotlist (cleaning between each attempt):

$ sudo port install gperf +universal configure.compiler=apple-gcc-4.2
$ sudo port install gperf +universal configure.compiler=llvm-gcc-4.2

Same results.

OS: OSX 10.7.5
Processor: Intel Core i7
Xcode Version: 4.6.2 (4H1003)

[ashton@…]

Config.log

[ashton@…]

main.log

[beirne@…]

I had this problem this afternoon. In my case the problems was due to the terms needing to be accepted for Xcode after upgrading to Mavericks. I fixed this by running "sudo xcodebuild -license" and agreeing to the terms. After that gperf built fine and the rest of the upgrade procedure continued.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Indeed, it appears that the Xcode command line tools were not installed.