QGIS-2.18.9 - build failure

[haraldgroven (Harald)]

After changing default Python version, I was unable to compile QGIS. I'm unsure if it was python setting or some other configuration change or upgrade that broke qgis.

$ /usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
Xcode 8.3.2
Build version 8E2002
$ port -v
MacPorts 2.4.1
$ sudo port clean qgis
--->  Cleaning QGIS
$ sudo port install qgis
--->  Computing dependencies for QGIS
--->  Fetching archive for QGIS
--->  Attempting to fetch QGIS-2_18_9_1+postgresql96+qt5.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from http://osl.no.packages.macports.org/QGIS
--->  Attempting to fetch QGIS-2_18_9_1+postgresql96+qt5.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/QGIS
--->  Attempting to fetch QGIS-2_18_9_1+postgresql96+qt5.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/QGIS
--->  Fetching distfiles for QGIS
--->  Verifying checksums for QGIS
--->  Extracting QGIS
--->  Applying patches to QGIS
--->  Configuring QGIS
Error: Failed to configure QGIS: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gis_qgis/QGIS/main.log for details.
Error: Processing of port qgis failed

some suspicious sections of main.log

:debug:archivefetch Executing org.macports.archivefetch (QGIS)
:debug:archivefetch euid/egid changed to: 0/0
:debug:archivefetch chowned /opt/local/var/macports/incoming to macports
:debug:archivefetch euid/egid changed to: 502/501
:info:archivefetch --->  QGIS-2_18_9_1+postgresql96+qt5.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 doesn't seem to exist in /opt/local/var/macports/incoming/verified
:msg:archivefetch --->  Attempting to fetch QGIS-2_18_9_1+postgresql96+qt5.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from http://osl.no.packages.macports.org/QGIS
:debug:archivefetch Fetching archive failed: Failed to connect to osl.no.packages.macports.org port 80: Connection refused
:msg:archivefetch --->  Attempting to fetch QGIS-2_18_9_1+postgresql96+qt5.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/QGIS
:debug:archivefetch Fetching archive failed: The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
:msg:archivefetch --->  Attempting to fetch QGIS-2_18_9_1+postgresql96+qt5.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/QGIS
:debug:archivefetch Fetching archive failed: The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please Cc the port maintainers (port info --maintainers qgis), if any.