mdk @1.2.5 fails to configure due to error:configure org.macports.configure for port mdk returned: automake failure: command execution failed

[orko.garai@…]

I am using OSX Mavericks 10.9.4

Orkos-MacBook-Pro:~ orko$ sudo port install mdk
--->  Computing dependencies for mdk
--->  Configuring mdk
Error: org.macports.configure for port mdk returned: automake failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port mdk for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_mdk/mdk/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
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Error: Processing of port mdk failed

Here is the snippet from main.log where the error occurs:

:info:configure Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_mdk/mdk/work/mdk-1.2.5" && automake --verbose 
:info:configure Exit code: 1
:error:configure org.macports.configure for port mdk returned: automake failure: command execution failed
:debug:configure Error code: NONE
:debug:configure Backtrace: automake failure: command execution failed
    while executing
"portconfigure::configure_main org.macports.configure"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval $procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: targets not executed for mdk: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:configure Please see the log file for port mdk for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_mdk/mdk/main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

It works fine for me, and your log does not show a clean attempt, so please ​clean and try again.

[orko.garai@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

It works fine for me, and your log does not show a clean attempt, so please ​clean and try again.

Yes I did try that before it failed again. I may have attached the logs from an unclean try initially. See new logs (replaced old main.log), which is from a clean try.

I installed MacPorts right before trying to install the "mdk" port, and it failed the first time as well. So I tried a few times with and without cleaning after that.

Here is the terminal output:

Orkos-MacBook-Pro:logs orko$ sudo port clean --all mdk
--->  Cleaning mdk
Orkos-MacBook-Pro:logs orko$ sudo port install mdk
--->  Computing dependencies for mdk
--->  Fetching archive for mdk
--->  Attempting to fetch mdk-1.2.5_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/mdk
--->  Attempting to fetch mdk-1.2.5_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/mdk
--->  Attempting to fetch mdk-1.2.5_0.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://nue.de.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/mdk
--->  Fetching distfiles for mdk
--->  Attempting to fetch mdk-1.2.5.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mdk/v1.2.5/
--->  Verifying checksums for mdk                                               
--->  Extracting mdk
--->  Applying patches to mdk
--->  Configuring mdk
Error: org.macports.configure for port mdk returned: automake failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port mdk for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_mdk/mdk/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
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Error: Processing of port mdk failed

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

It works fine for me,

Oh! I have local modifications to the port which is why I didn't see this failure. I need to finish those up and commit them.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I had reported various problems to the developers in January, and they've fixed them, but they haven't released a new version yet. There's one more issue I'm asking them to fix now, after which hopefully I can convince them to release a new version to which we can then update the port easily.

[orko.garai@…]

Thanks for the update!

I also tried to build it myself using ​their instructions, which doesn't work either. I get the same error in the make step as ​posted here on stackoverflow by someone else.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Right, that's ​one of the problems that I reported and they fixed.

[orko.garai@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Right, that's ​one of the problems that I reported and they fixed.

Oh wow! I saw this bug earlier in the day and also tried to make that workaround you posted there locally as well, and I still got that error though.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

If you want to build mdk today, the latest version in their repository compiles fine. 1.2.7 does not. I would ideally not want to have to back-port all the fixes to 1.2.7, so I'm hoping that within the next few days we can get the developers to release 1.2.8 already containing all the fixes.

[orko.garai@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

If you want to build mdk today, the latest version in their repository compiles fine. 1.2.7 does not. I would ideally not want to have to back-port all the fixes to 1.2.7, so I'm hoping that within the next few days we can get the developers to release 1.2.8 already containing all the fixes.

sounds good. thanks for the speedy follow-up!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

I'm hoping that within the next few days we can get the developers to release 1.2.8 already containing all the fixes.

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