p5.28-xml-parser @2.460.0_0: build make fails with "no rule to make target 'all'."

[jeffszuhay (Jeff Szuhay)]

using command line

port -Rus upgrade p5.28-xml-parser

build fails. log file (attached) shows

:info:build make: *** No rule to make target `all'.  Stop.

[jeffszuhay (Jeff Szuhay)]

main.log file for p5.28-xml-parser build

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

This is not a clean build log. Please clean the port (sudo port clean p5.28-xml-parser) and try installing it again. Then attach the new main.log file if it fails to build.

[jeffszuhay (Jeff Szuhay)]

main.log file after port clean and port -Rus upgrade for p5.28-xml-parser

[jeffszuhay (Jeff Szuhay)]

sudo port clean p5.28-xml-parser sudo port -Rus upgrade p5.28-xml-parser

Failed. Same error. Log file attached.

[jeffszuhay (Jeff Szuhay)]

installed: expat @2.2.9_0+universal (active) in standard location.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

I can reproduce this too. I wonder if it is related to Xcode 11?

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Error is:

:info:build Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_github.com_macports_macports-ports_perl_p5-xml-parser/p5.28-xml-parser/work/XML-Parser-2.46" && /usr/bin/make -j8 -w all 
:debug:build system:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_github.com_macports_macports-ports_perl_p5-xml-parser/p5.28-xml-parser/work/XML-Parser-2.46" && /usr/bin/make -j8 -w all 
:info:build make: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_github.com_macports_macports-ports_perl_p5-xml-parser/p5.28-xml-parser/work/XML-Parser-2.46'
:info:build make: *** No rule to make target `all'.  Stop.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Well the real error is actually:

:info:configure Expat must be installed prior to building XML::Parser and I can't find
:info:configure it in the standard library directories. Install 'expat-devel' (or
:info:configure 'libexpat1-dev') package with your OS package manager. See 'README'.

But as Jeff points out, expat is, of course, already installed.

I don't see this problem on my High Sierra system with Xcode 9.4.1.

It could certainly relate to Xcode 11, as you say, Frank.

I don't suppose perl writes anything like a config.log file anywhere to tell us what exactly went wrong? Possibly inside the directory /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_perl_p5-xml-parser/p5.28-xml-parser/work/XML-Parser-2.46?