faac @1.29.9.2: Build failure on PowerPC due to calling in clang-9.0 as compiler

[SerpentChris (Chris Calderon)]

Attempting to install faac (a dependency of MPlayer +mencoder_extras) on Mac OS X 10.5.8 fails with the following message:

--->  Computing dependencies for faac
Error: Cannot install clang-9.0 for the arch 'powerpc' because
Error: its dependency python27 does not build for the required arch by default
Error: and the configured universal_archs 'i386 ppc' are not sufficient.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port faac failed

[kencu (Ken)]

this has been fixed in the latest commit to base master [42b36f4ae65e27b1824dd34c9fc23c022caa61e3/macports-base].

You can add it manually yourself, or install base from git master, or leave everything broken and wait for MacPorts 2.6.2...

More of us need to be involved in MacPorts base development!

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

In ca1d0a6870b7e22aa54f44c0bab4b2a870173db1/macports-ports (master):

faac: use macports-gcc on ppc

Fixes: #59225

[kencu (Ken)]

Well, that's faac, but there are dozens and dozens of other ports that have blacklisted *gcc-3.* *gcc-4.*.

I know, because I blacklisted most of them.

[SerpentChris (Chris Calderon)]

Replying to kencu:

this has been fixed in the latest commit to base master [42b36f4ae65e27b1824dd34c9fc23c022caa61e3/macports-base].

You can add it manually yourself, or install base from git master, or leave everything broken and wait for MacPorts 2.6.2...

More of us need to be involved in MacPorts base development!

Since I already have macports installed via the pkg installer, what is the best way for me to switch to the git version? Should I uninstall macports, along with all my installed ports, and then follow the normal instructions for installing from git, or is there a less painful way?

[kencu (Ken)]

It takes only a few minutes, and you don't have to uninstall anything.

Clone the current base repo, and install from there, like this (from memory):

cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/macports/macports-base.git
cd macports-base
./configure && make && sudo make install
make clean

and you're on your way.

If you're using my /opt/bootstrap SSL enhancement method, don't forget to add those configure args. If you don't know what I'm talking about, that's a topic for another day.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

In this case, it's probably easier to just apply that change to /opt/local/libexec/macports/lib/port1.0/portconfigure.tcl. That way you can still selfupdate when we release new versions, rather than being stuck on master until 2.7.0.