libsecret @0.18.5: does not find automake 1.16

[korseby (korseby)]

Hi,

libsecret fails to build on macOS 10.13.3 and latest Xcode. It appears that autogen.sh does not find automake, although it was already installed with ports.

# port list installed | grep automake
automake                       @1.16.1         devel/automake
# which automake
/opt/bin/automake
# which autoconf
/opt/bin/autoconf
# echo $PATH
/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin

Executing:  cd "/opt/var/macports/build/_opt_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libsecret/libsecret/work/libsecret-0.18.5" && ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt --disable-silent-rules --enable-introspection 

You must have one of automake 1.15 1.14 1.13 1.12 1.11 1.10 to compile libsecret.
Install the appropriate package for your distribution,
or get the source tarball at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
Command failed:  cd "/opt/var/macports/build/_opt_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libsecret/libsecret/work/libsecret-0.18.5" && ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt --disable-silent-rules --enable-introspection 
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to configure libsecret: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/var/macports/logs/_opt_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_libsecret/libsecret/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to korseby:

# port list installed | grep automake
automake                       @1.16.1         devel/automake

Note that port list installed doesn't do what you think it does. See wiki:FAQ#portlist. You should probably use port installed automake here instead.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to korseby:

You must have one of automake 1.15 1.14 1.13 1.12 1.11 1.10 to compile libsecret.

automake was recently updated from version 1.15.1 to 1.16.1. libsecret explicitly wants a version of automake from 1.10 to 1.15, so it fails with 1.16. We probably just need to add 1.16 to the list of acceptable versions, as upstream previously did for ​1.15, ​1.14, ​1.13, ​1.12. I don't know why they're being so restrictive of automake versions; it seems like they should assume that newer versions will work, instead of assuming that they won't. I don't see an upstream bug report about this; one should be filed.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/1457

[majoc-at-astro (majoc-at-astro)]

There's an exactly similar problem with gimp2. I'll file a separate ticket for that.

[korseby (korseby)]

You may check (claws-)sylpheed mail-client too, as libsecret failed as a dependency too.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

In 63d5bd6427b5c6246104f29b195dfc165a712a30/macports-ports:

libsecret: refresh autogen.sh from upstream

Add build fix for automake 1.16.

Closes #56116

Alternative to ​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/1457

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to ryandesign:

I don't see an upstream bug report about this; one should be filed.

​https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794610