lbdb @0.36_2 +ldap build failure

[rcobbe]

MacOS 10.11.3, XCode 7.2.1.

I'm unable to build lbdb +ldap from source. There also appears to be something strange going on with some of the perl dependencies that I don't entirely understand; I'm including that note here because it may be related to the build failure.

When I execute the commands

$ sudo port uninstall p5-perl-ldap p5.22-perl-ldap
$ sudo port clean --all lbdb
$ sudo port install lbdb

then MacPorts installs p5.22-perl-ldap and p5-perl-ldap successfully, then attempts to download, configure, and build lbdb. Configuration succeeds, but building fails, with the log file that I've attached to this ticket (lbdb-build.log).

However, if I then immediately run

$ sudo port clean --all lbdb
$ sudo port install lbdb

(without first removing p5.22-perl-ldap and p5-perl-ldap), then I get the following output:

[ironcrust:~]$ sudo port install lbdb +ldap
--->  p5-perl-ldap is replaced by p5.22-perl-ldap
--->  Deactivating p5-perl-ldap @0.650.0_0
--->  Cleaning p5-perl-ldap
--->  Computing dependencies for p5.22-perl-ldap
--->  Cleaning p5.22-perl-ldap
--->  Computing dependencies for lbdb
--->  Dependencies to be installed: p5-perl-ldap
--->  Activating p5-perl-ldap @0.650.0_0
--->  Cleaning p5-perl-ldap
--->  Fetching archive for lbdb
--->  Attempting to fetch lbdb-0.36_2+ldap.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/lbdb
--->  Attempting to fetch lbdb-0.36_2+ldap.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://fco.it.packages.macports.org/mirrors/macports-packages/lbdb/lbdb
--->  Attempting to fetch lbdb-0.36_2+ldap.darwin_15.x86_64.tbz2 from http://jnb.za.packages.macports.org/packages/lbdb
--->  Fetching distfiles for lbdb
--->  Attempting to fetch lbdb_0.36.tar.gz from http://www.spinnaker.de/debian/
--->  Verifying checksums for lbdb
--->  Extracting lbdb
--->  Applying patches to lbdb
--->  Configuring lbdb
--->  Building lbdb
Error: org.macports.build for port lbdb returned: command execution failed
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Error: Processing of port lbdb failed

The output does not report a log file, but a file is created in the normal location (/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_svn.macports.org_trunk_dports_mail_lbdb/lbdb/main.log); I have attached a copy of this log as well (lbdb-build-without-removing-perl-ldap.log).

Additionally, there appears to be a strange interaction taking place between p5-perl-ldap and p5.22-perl-ldap. This interaction alone doesn't particularly bother me, but mentioning it may help folks to diagnose the lbdb problem.

[rcobbe]

A similar interaction is now happening between p5.22-perl-ldap and p5.24-perl-ldap. Because of the lbdb build issue, I'm not able to upgrade to p5.24-perl-ldap, which is holding back a bunch of other perl packages as well. I don't have any pressing need to upgrade them, but my installation is now in the odd state of having lbdb +ldap installed and active, and having p5.22-perl-ldap and all its dependencies installed and inactive -- and I can't uninstall or upgrade them.

(To clarify: I first installed lbdb +ldap on machine A, at a time when p5-perl-ldap was current. I later installed lbdb +ldap on machine B when p5.22-perl-ldap was current. For unrelated reasons, I've dropped the ldap variant on machine A, so everything is upgrading fine there, but B is now stuck. I need to keep the ldap variant on B; that was the entire reason for installing lbdb in the first place.)

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In 4e836559/macports-ports:

lbdb: Update to 0.42

Also:

• Fix license.
• Add libiconv dependency.
• Add specific perl dependency and ensure it’s used.

Resolves: #50524