mariadb @5.5.63: malformed object (unknown load command 2)

[kencu (Ken)]

building mariadb with newer compilers on older systems leads to objects that the built-in libtool can't handle:

cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/libmysql && /usr/bin/libtool -static -o /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/libmysql/libmysqlclient.a /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/libmysql/libclientlib.a /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/dbug/libdbug.a /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/strings/libstrings.a /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/vio/libvio.a /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/mysys/libmysys.a
/usr/bin/libtool: object: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/libmysql/libclientlib.a(libmysql.c.o) malformed object (unknown load command 2)
/usr/bin/libtool: object: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/strings/libstrings.a(ctype-big5.c.o) malformed object (unknown load command 2)
[ 57%] Built target libmysql
/usr/bin/libtool: object: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mariadb/mariadb/work/build/mysys/libmysys.a(default.c.o) malformed object (unknown load command 2)
/usr/bin/make -f sql/CMakeFiles/sql.dir/build.make sql/CMakeFiles/sql.dir/depend
make[2]: *** [libmysql/libmysqlclient.a] Error 1

We've seen this many times before, and usually the trick is to make CMAKE use the newer libtool from cctools, like this:

if {[vercmp $xcodeversion "6.0.0"] < 0} {
	depends_build-append port:cctools
	depends_run-append port:cctools
	depends_skip_archcheck-append cctools
	configure.args-append \
		-DCMAKE_LIBTOOL=${prefix}/bin/libtool
}

Unfortunately, for mariadb at least, CMAKE ignores this.

A quick fix is to make a symlink to /usr/bin/libtool from /opt/local/bin/libtool but this is a hack (but worked).

Perhaps using the cmake 1.1 PG might help, or maybe the mariadb build scripts need to be edited a bit to allow you to pass in the libtool you want to use.

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

Hmmm ... so is this just on PPC, or is the same on older OSX Intel too?

[kencu (Ken)]

I should put up a full log. This was on 10.6.8 building w clang 5.0.

Can’t seem to spec the libtool.

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

It's on my queue to try building MariaDB X.Y on my various build computers & various OSX & see what happens. Try to fix obvious issues, hopefully via simple & known code such as what you provided here.

[kencu (Ken)]

In 7e5b5898478da838a0f1373e48a650f9c06c0146/macports-ports (master):

mariadb: don't force /usr/bin/libtool

on older systems, this version is too old
closes: #58271