asco port installation fails with 'malloc.h' file not found

[hadrabap (Petr Hadraba)]

When installing the asco @0.4.9_0 port, the Building asco phase fails with

nmlatest.c:55:10: fatal error: 'malloc.h' file not found

[hadrabap (Petr Hadraba)]

Build log file

[kencu (Ken)]

We have decided to solve the missing-sdk problem by harmonizing the build environment to require the command line tools be installed; it was the only workable solution to the problem at present.

If you take 5 minutes to install the command line tools, you should find that this, and many similar errors, disappear.

Please report back with success or failure after doing that.

Thanks!

[hadrabap (Petr Hadraba)]

Hello, thanks for reply. I already do have Command Line Tools installed:

localhost:~ petr$ cd /Library/Developer/
.DS_Store          CommandLineTools/  CoreSimulator/     Documentation/     PrivateFrameworks/ Toolchains/        
localhost:~ petr$ cd /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/
localhost:CommandLineTools petr$ la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  admin  - 160 Jun  4 16:25 .
drwxrwxr-x@ 8 root  admin  - 256 Aug 25 13:33 ..
drwxr-xr-x  6 root  admin  - 192 Jun  4 16:25 Library
drwxr-xr-x  6 root  wheel  - 192 Sep 21 22:08 SDKs
drwxr-xr-x  7 root  admin  - 224 Mar 28  2019 usr
localhost:CommandLineTools petr$ cd SDKs/
localhost:SDKs petr$ la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  6 root  wheel  - 192 Sep 21 22:08 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  admin  - 160 Jun  4 16:25 ..
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  -  15 Sep 21 22:07 MacOSX.sdk -> MacOSX10.15.sdk
drwxr-xr-x  7 root  wheel  - 224 Jun  4 16:25 MacOSX.sdk 1
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  -  10 Apr 18 16:57 MacOSX10.14.sdk -> MacOSX.sdk
drwxr-xr-x  8 root  wheel  - 256 Sep 21 22:08 MacOSX10.15.sdk
localhost:SDKs petr$ 

I have the latest stable version for Xcode 11 from developer.apple.com (Command_Line_Tools_for_Xcode_11.dmg).

And the malloc.h exists on my filesystem:

localhost:SDKs petr$ mdfind -name malloc.h | grep ^/Library
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk 1/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/sys/malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk 1/usr/include/sys/malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk 1/usr/include/malloc/malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk 1/usr/include/malloc/_malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/libkern/OSMalloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/sys/malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk 1/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/libkern/OSMalloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LLDB.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Clang/include/mm_malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/malloc/malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/malloc/_malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/clang/11.0.0/include/mm_malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/tapi/11.0.0/include/mm_malloc.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/llvm-gcc/4.2.1/include/mm_malloc.h
localhost:SDKs petr$ 

Maybe my environment is kind of broken. :-(

Thanks in advance,

PETR

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

The code is probably just including an inappropriate header. Neither malloc/malloc.h nor sys/malloc.h are the same as the (nonstandard) malloc.h that exists on some other platforms. If the code just wants malloc, the standard place to find it is stdlib.h.

[kencu (Ken)]

petr, Josh is right, but this looks a bit strange to me.

localhost:SDKs petr$ la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  6 root  wheel  - 192 Sep 21 22:08 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  admin  - 160 Jun  4 16:25 ..
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  -  15 Sep 21 22:07 MacOSX.sdk -> MacOSX10.15.sdk
drwxr-xr-x  7 root  wheel  - 224 Jun  4 16:25 MacOSX.sdk 1
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  -  10 Apr 18 16:57 MacOSX10.14.sdk -> MacOSX.sdk
drwxr-xr-x  8 root  wheel  - 256 Sep 21 22:08 MacOSX10.15.sdk

have you changed some things around in this dir?

If so, you might need to replace those entries with new ones, ie reinstall the command line tools after removing the directory.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

In 1304b4892d9b08fe176ceba8bd74414e76c404de/macports-ports (master):

asco: fix build without /usr/include

The malloc.h include is unneeded, so just remove it.

Fixes: #59313