source-highlight @3.1.9 does not build on PPC Mac OS X 10.5.8, Leopard, because new source-highlight binary cannot produc HTML doc from Java source file

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

On PPC Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11, source-highlight @3.1.9 built without problems before:

  source-highlight @3.1.9_0 (active) platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc' date='2019-11-04T17:56:43+0100'

On Leopard I get for hours this process running:

stree -w -p 52423? yes
-+= 00001 root /sbin/launchd
 \-+- 00378 pete /bin/sh /opt/local/bin/startx
   \-+- 00436 pete xinit /Users/pete/.xinitrc -- /opt/local/bin/X :0 -listen tcp -iglx -dpi 96 -auth /Users/pete/.serverauth.378
     \-+= 00588 pete /opt/local/bin/fluxbox
       \-+- 00603 pete /usr/local/bin/emacs-24.5 -geometry 100x55+696+145 -T 24.5 -fn Lucida Sans Typewriter-7 --debug-init
         \-+= 00614 pete -bin/tcsh -i
           \-+= 00939 root /usr/local/bin/emacs-24.5 -xrm Emacs*iconName: Live-Kastel -xrm Emacs.FontBackend: xft,ftx,x -T Live-Kastel 2013 -geometry 102x53+375+25 -fn Lucida Sans Typewriter-7
             \-+= 18843 root -bin/tcsh -c time port -vd upgrade pstoedit autotrace clang_select dblatex fribidi git groff gv ImageMagick libspectre source-highlight nspr
               \-+- 18852 macports /opt/local/libexec/macports/bin/tclsh8.5 /opt/local/bin/port -vd upgrade pstoedit autotrace clang_select dblatex fribidi git groff gv ImageMagick libspectre source-highlight nspr
                 \-+- 49406 macports sh -c  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9" && /usr/bin/make -w all 
                   \-+- 49410 macports /usr/bin/make -w all
                     \-+- 49411 macports /usr/bin/make all-recursive
                       \-+- 49412 macports /bin/sh -c fail=; if (target_option=k; case ${target_option-} in ?) ;; *) echo "am__make_running_with_option: internal error: invalid" "target option '${target_option-}' specified" >&2; exit 1;; esac; has_opt=no; sane_makeflags=$MAKEFLAGS; if { if test -z '1'; then false; elif test -n ''; then true; elif test -n '3.81' && test -n '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_sourc
                         \-+- 52421 macports /bin/sh -c fail=; if (target_option=k; case ${target_option-} in ?) ;; *) echo "am__make_running_with_option: internal error: invalid" "target option '${target_option-}' specified" >&2; exit 1;; esac; has_opt=no; sane_makeflags=$MAKEFLAGS; if { if test -z '1'; then false; elif test -n ''; then true; elif test -n '3.81' && test -n '/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_sou
                           \-+- 52422 macports /usr/bin/make all
                             \--- 52423 macports /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src/.libs/source-highlight --data-dir ../src/ -s java -f html --style-file ../src/default.style -i ./Hello.java -o Hello1.html

Using insalled source-highlight @3.1.8_5 I can produce the HTML output file from the input files in the source-highlight @3.1.9 source distribution in almos no time.

To reproduce the error I let the shell script /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src/source-highlight run with -xv which produced this output:

#! /bin/sh -xv

# source-highlight - temporary wrapper script for .libs/source-highlight
# Generated by libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.6
#
# The source-highlight program cannot be directly executed until all the libtool
# libraries that it depends on are installed.
#
# This wrapper script should never be moved out of the build directory.
# If it is, it will not operate correctly.

# Sed substitution that helps us do robust quoting.  It backslashifies
# metacharacters that are still active within double-quoted strings.
sed_quote_subst='s|\([`"$\\]\)|\\\1|g'
+ sed_quote_subst='s|\([`"$\\]\)|\\\1|g'

# Be Bourne compatible
if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  emulate sh
  NULLCMD=:
  # Zsh 3.x and 4.x performs word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
  # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
  alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
  setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
else
  case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in *posix*) set -o posix;; esac
fi
+ test -n ''
+ case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in
(set -o) 2>/dev/null
+ set -o posix
BIN_SH=xpg4; export BIN_SH # for Tru64
+ BIN_SH=xpg4
+ export BIN_SH
DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
+ DUALCASE=1
+ export DUALCASE

# The HP-UX ksh and POSIX shell print the target directory to stdout
# if CDPATH is set.
(unset CDPATH) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset CDPATH
+ unset CDPATH

relink_command=""
+ relink_command=

# This environment variable determines our operation mode.
if test "$libtool_install_magic" = "%%%MAGIC variable%%%"; then
  # install mode needs the following variables:
  generated_by_libtool_version='2.4.6'
  notinst_deplibs=' ../lib/srchilite/libsource-highlight.la'
else
  # When we are sourced in execute mode, $file and $ECHO are already set.
  if test "$libtool_execute_magic" != "%%%MAGIC variable%%%"; then
    file="$0"

# A function that is used when there is no print builtin or printf.
func_fallback_echo ()
{
  eval 'cat <<_LTECHO_EOF
$1
_LTECHO_EOF'
}
    ECHO="printf %s\\n"
  fi

# Very basic option parsing. These options are (a) specific to
# the libtool wrapper, (b) are identical between the wrapper
# /script/ and the wrapper /executable/ that is used only on
# windows platforms, and (c) all begin with the string --lt-
# (application programs are unlikely to have options that match
# this pattern).
#
# There are only two supported options: --lt-debug and
# --lt-dump-script. There is, deliberately, no --lt-help.
#
# The first argument to this parsing function should be the
# script's ../libtool value, followed by no.
lt_option_debug=
func_parse_lt_options ()
{
  lt_script_arg0=$0
  shift
  for lt_opt
  do
    case "$lt_opt" in
    --lt-debug) lt_option_debug=1 ;;
    --lt-dump-script)
        lt_dump_D=`$ECHO "X$lt_script_arg0" | /opt/local/bin/gsed -e 's/^X//' -e 's%/[^/]*$%%'`
        test "X$lt_dump_D" = "X$lt_script_arg0" && lt_dump_D=.
        lt_dump_F=`$ECHO "X$lt_script_arg0" | /opt/local/bin/gsed -e 's/^X//' -e 's%^.*/%%'`
        cat "$lt_dump_D/$lt_dump_F"
        exit 0
      ;;
    --lt-*)
        $ECHO "Unrecognized --lt- option: '$lt_opt'" 1>&2
        exit 1
      ;;
    esac
  done

  # Print the debug banner immediately:
  if test -n "$lt_option_debug"; then
    echo "source-highlight:source-highlight:$LINENO: libtool wrapper (GNU libtool) 2.4.6" 1>&2
  fi
}

# Used when --lt-debug. Prints its arguments to stdout
# (redirection is the responsibility of the caller)
func_lt_dump_args ()
{
  lt_dump_args_N=1;
  for lt_arg
  do
    $ECHO "source-highlight:source-highlight:$LINENO: newargv[$lt_dump_args_N]: $lt_arg"
    lt_dump_args_N=`expr $lt_dump_args_N + 1`
  done
}

# Core function for launching the target application
func_exec_program_core ()
{

      if test -n "$lt_option_debug"; then
        $ECHO "source-highlight:source-highlight:$LINENO: newargv[0]: $progdir/$program" 1>&2
        func_lt_dump_args ${1+"$@"} 1>&2
      fi
      exec "$progdir/$program" ${1+"$@"}

      $ECHO "$0: cannot exec $program $*" 1>&2
      exit 1
}

# A function to encapsulate launching the target application
# Strips options in the --lt-* namespace from $@ and
# launches target application with the remaining arguments.
func_exec_program ()
{
  case " $* " in
  *\ --lt-*)
    for lt_wr_arg
    do
      case $lt_wr_arg in
      --lt-*) ;;
      *) set x "$@" "$lt_wr_arg"; shift;;
      esac
      shift
    done ;;
  esac
  func_exec_program_core ${1+"$@"}
}

  # Parse options
  func_parse_lt_options "$0" ${1+"$@"}

  # Find the directory that this script lives in.
  thisdir=`$ECHO "$file" | /opt/local/bin/gsed 's%/[^/]*$%%'`
  test "x$thisdir" = "x$file" && thisdir=.

  # Follow symbolic links until we get to the real thisdir.
  file=`ls -ld "$file" | /opt/local/bin/gsed -n 's/.*-> //p'`
  while test -n "$file"; do
    destdir=`$ECHO "$file" | /opt/local/bin/gsed 's%/[^/]*$%%'`

    # If there was a directory component, then change thisdir.
    if test "x$destdir" != "x$file"; then
      case "$destdir" in
      [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) thisdir="$destdir" ;;
      *) thisdir="$thisdir/$destdir" ;;
      esac
    fi

    file=`$ECHO "$file" | /opt/local/bin/gsed 's%^.*/%%'`
    file=`ls -ld "$thisdir/$file" | /opt/local/bin/gsed -n 's/.*-> //p'`
  done

  # Usually 'no', except on cygwin/mingw when embedded into
  # the cwrapper.
  WRAPPER_SCRIPT_BELONGS_IN_OBJDIR=no
  if test "$WRAPPER_SCRIPT_BELONGS_IN_OBJDIR" = "yes"; then
    # special case for '.'
    if test "$thisdir" = "."; then
      thisdir=`pwd`
    fi
    # remove .libs from thisdir
    case "$thisdir" in
    *[\\/].libs ) thisdir=`$ECHO "$thisdir" | /opt/local/bin/gsed 's%[\\/][^\\/]*$%%'` ;;
    .libs )   thisdir=. ;;
    esac
  fi

  # Try to get the absolute directory name.
  absdir=`cd "$thisdir" && pwd`
  test -n "$absdir" && thisdir="$absdir"

  program='source-highlight'
  progdir="$thisdir/.libs"


  if test -f "$progdir/$program"; then
    # Add our own library path to DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
    DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/lib/srchilite/.libs:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"

    # Some systems cannot cope with colon-terminated DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
    # The second colon is a workaround for a bug in BeOS R4 sed
    DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=`$ECHO "$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH" | /opt/local/bin/gsed 's/::*$//'`

    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

    if test "$libtool_execute_magic" != "%%%MAGIC variable%%%"; then
      # Run the actual program with our arguments.
      func_exec_program ${1+"$@"}
    fi
  else
    # The program doesn't exist.
    $ECHO "$0: error: '$progdir/$program' does not exist" 1>&2
    $ECHO "This script is just a wrapper for $program." 1>&2
    $ECHO "See the libtool documentation for more information." 1>&2
    exit 1
  fi
fi
+ test '' = '%%%MAGIC variable%%%'
+ test '' '!=' '%%%MAGIC variable%%%'
+ file=../src/source-highlight
+ ECHO='printf %s\n'
+ lt_option_debug=
+ func_parse_lt_options ../src/source-highlight --data-dir ../src/ -s java -f html --style-file ../src/default.style -i ./Hello.java -o Hello1.html
+ lt_script_arg0=../src/source-highlight
+ shift
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ for lt_opt in '"$@"'
+ case "$lt_opt" in
+ test -n ''
$ECHO "$file" | /opt/local/bin/gsed 's%/[^/]*$%%'
++ printf '%s\n' ../src/source-highlight
++ /opt/local/bin/gsed 's%/[^/]*$%%'
+ thisdir=../src
+ test x../src = x../src/source-highlight
ls -ld "$file" | /opt/local/bin/gsed -n 's/.*-> //p'
++ ls -ld ../src/source-highlight
++ /opt/local/bin/gsed -n 's/.*-> //p'
+ file=
+ test -n ''
+ WRAPPER_SCRIPT_BELONGS_IN_OBJDIR=no
+ test no = yes
cd "$thisdir" && pwd
++ cd ../src
++ pwd
+ absdir=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src
+ test -n /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src
+ thisdir=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src
+ program=source-highlight
+ progdir=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src/.libs
+ test -f /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src/.libs/source-highlight
+ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/lib/srchilite/.libs:
$ECHO "$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH" | /opt/local/bin/gsed 's/::*$//'
++ printf '%s\n' /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/lib/srchilite/.libs:
++ /opt/local/bin/gsed 's/::*$//'
+ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/lib/srchilite/.libs
+ export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ test '' '!=' '%%%MAGIC variable%%%'
+ func_exec_program --data-dir ../src/ -s java -f html --style-file ../src/default.style -i ./Hello.java -o Hello1.html
+ case " $* " in
+ func_exec_program_core --data-dir ../src/ -s java -f html --style-file ../src/default.style -i ./Hello.java -o Hello1.html
+ test -n ''
+ exec /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src/.libs/source-highlight --data-dir ../src/ -s java -f html --style-file ../src/default.style -i ./Hello.java -o Hello1.html
make[2]: *** [Hello1.html] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Interrupt
make: *** [all] Interrupt
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9" && /usr/bin/make -w all 
Killed by signal: 2

The input files Hello.java and default.style (in opt/local/share/doc/source-highlight) are still the same.

[kencu (Ken)]

#59258.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Replying to kencu:

#59258.

Not exactly. I never receive an error, source-highlight just keeps on running with high CPU load. Like this Java error when building GCC.

[kencu (Ken)]

oh, ok, will leave this open until we're sure about it

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

On PPC Leopard it seems that the new version of source-highlight built, $work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src/.libs/source-highlight, cannot execute at all. Invoking env DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/lib/srchilite/.libs /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src/.libs/source-highlight --help leads to a high CPU load for a potentially endless time:

Processes:  75 total, 4 running, 71 sleeping... 298 threads                             00:06:48
Load Avg:  1.65,  1.76,  2.32    CPU usage: 99.06% user,  0.94% sys,  0.00% idle
SharedLibs: num =    2, resident =   44M code,     0 data, 3732K linkedit.
MemRegions: num = 22605, resident =  828M +   17M private,  240M shared.
PhysMem:  226M wired, 1120M active,  638M inactive, 1984M used,   64M free.
VM: 8025M + 147M   696905(1) pageins, 157506(0) pageouts

  PID COMMAND      %CPU   TIME   #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT  RSHRD  RSIZE  VSIZE
74385 source-hig  34.1%  0:25.29   1    13     45  400K  2768K  2828K    52M 
  220 Terminal    27.6%  0:29.05   3   103    313 2920K+   13M  7668K+  170M 

This happens with default GCC 4.2. I am going to test with modern compilers…

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

With GCC 7.4 compilation fails:

Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src'
/opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-7 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..  -I../gl -I../gl -I../lib -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include  -pipe -Os -arch ppc -MT check-regexp_cmd.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/check-regexp_cmd.Tpo -c -o check-regexp_cmd.o check-regexp_cmd.c
mv -f .deps/check-regexp_cmd.Tpo .deps/check-regexp_cmd.Po
/opt/local/bin/g++-mp-7 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..  -I../gl -I../gl -I../lib -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include  -pipe -Os -arch ppc -MT check-regexp.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/check-regexp.Tpo -c -o check-regexp.o check-regexp.cpp
mv -f .deps/check-regexp.Tpo .deps/check-regexp.Po
/bin/sh ../libtool  --tag=CXX   --mode=link /opt/local/bin/g++-mp-7  -pipe -Os -arch ppc -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch ppc -o check-regexp check-regexp_cmd.o check-regexp.o -lboost_regex-mt ../gl/libgnu.la 
libtool: link: /opt/local/bin/g++-mp-7 -pipe -Os -arch ppc -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch ppc -o check-regexp check-regexp_cmd.o check-regexp.o  -L/opt/local/lib -lboost_regex-mt ../gl/.libs/libgnu.a
Undefined symbols for architecture ppc:
  "boost::re_detail_107100::cpp_regex_traits_implementation<char>::transform[abi:cxx11](char const*, char const*) const", referenced from:
      __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > boost::re_detail_107100::re_is_set_member<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> >, unsigned int>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, boost::re_detail_107100::re_set_long<unsigned int> const*, boost::re_detail_107100::regex_data<char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > > const&, bool) in check-regexp.o
  "boost::re_detail_107100::cpp_regex_traits_implementation<char>::transform_primary[abi:cxx11](char const*, char const*) const", referenced from:
      __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > boost::re_detail_107100::re_is_set_member<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> >, unsigned int>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, boost::re_detail_107100::re_set_long<unsigned int> const*, boost::re_detail_107100::regex_data<char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > > const&, bool) in check-regexp.o
  "boost::re_detail_107100::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > >::construct_init(boost::basic_regex<char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > > const&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)", referenced from:
      _main in check-regexp.o
  "boost::match_results<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > > >::maybe_assign(boost::match_results<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > > > const&)", referenced from:
      boost::re_detail_107100::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > >::match_match() in check-regexp.o
      boost::re_detail_107100::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > >::match_prefix() in check-regexp.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture ppc
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [check-regexp] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_source-highlight/source-highlight/work/source-highlight-3.1.9/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Could be a statement configure.cxxflags-append -std=c++11 is needed for Portfile, because port does not seem to be able to use it when given as additional argument(s)…

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

The cure is very simpel: put a line

PortGroup  cxx11 1.1

into Portfile! With this line source-highlight builds on PPC Leopard with default GCC 4.2 and with GCC7.

[kencu (Ken)]

that's old-school now...have to use the current syntax

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Replying to kencu:

that's old-school now...have to use the current syntax

All the magic that makes the binary (/opt/local/bin/)source-highlight run and execute can be found in that old school's library. As I mentioned before this binary does not really execute, does not do what the argument '--help' demands to perform. It just makes the CPU spin.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Some versions could be built and installed later (source-highlight @3.1.9_0, source-highlight @3.1.9_1), and the versions of boost do not use it anymore, so the ticket can be closed.

[kencu (Ken)]

thx