gtk-engines2 @2.20.2_4: unterminated variable reference

[willbprog127 (Will Brokenbourgh)]

After starting: port install gtk-engines2, the install fails, with the relevant part of the main.log below...

:info:configure config.status: executing depfiles commands
:info:configure config.status: error: in `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_gtk-engines2/gtk-engines2/work/gtk-engines-2.20.2':
:info:configure config.status: error: Something went wrong bootstrapping makefile fragments
:info:configure     for automatic dependency tracking.  Try re-running configure with the
:info:configure     '--disable-dependency-tracking' option to at least be able to build
:info:configure     the package (albeit without support for automatic dependency tracking).
:info:configure See `config.log' for more details
:info:configure Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_gtk-engines2/gtk-engines2/work/gtk-engines-2.20.2" && ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/local --enable-animation 
:info:configure Exit code: 1
:error:configure Failed to configure gtk-engines2, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_gtk-engines2/gtk-engines2/work/gtk-engines-2.20.2/config.log
:error:configure Failed to configure gtk-engines2: configure failure: command execution failed
:debug:configure Error code: NONE
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: command execution failed
:debug:configure     while executing
:debug:configure "$procedure $targetname"
:error:configure See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_gtk-engines2/gtk-engines2/main.log for details.

[willbprog127 (Will Brokenbourgh)]

Build log for gtk-engines2

[willbprog127 (Will Brokenbourgh)]

Build log for gtk-engines2

[willbprog127 (Will Brokenbourgh)]

Sorry about the .PDF attachment, please ignore it

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to willbprog127:

:info:configure See `config.log' for more details

Could you attach this file?

[willbprog127 (Will Brokenbourgh)]

config.log for gtk-engines2

[willbprog127 (Will Brokenbourgh)]

Replying to ryandesign:

Replying to willbprog127:

:info:configure See `config.log' for more details

Could you attach this file?

Done. :-)

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The config.log shows the problem is:

config.status:1529: cd test       && sed -e '/# am--include-marker/d' Makefile         | make -f - am--depfiles
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_gtk-engines2/gtk-engines2/work/.tmp/GmxrIM6u:905: *** unterminated variable reference.  Stop.

​Debian found a similar problem—caused by a deficiency in automake—and developed a patch (the file 03_automake1.14.patch in the archive ​gtk2-engines_2.20.2-3.debian.tar.gz).

I do not see the problem on High Sierra, but I do see it on Snow Leopard as you do. I'm not sure why this difference exists (maybe it has to do with differences in the make that Apple ships on these systems), but the patch seems to let it work on both systems, so I'm going to commit it.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In 7e64b0de3018a4efe26583e905bb904a9e0fc196/macports-ports (master):

gtk-engines2: Work around automake bug

Fixes build failure on some systems, including Snow Leopard.

Closes: #56167