julia @1.4.1: KeyError: '1'

[philbit]

Trying to install julia 1.4.1 on macOS Sierra, I am getting a command execution failed error. According to main.log (attached), it seems the port is trying to fetch some more files from online sources, but that attempt fails with some 404 Not Found errors. Fetching the port tar ball itself worked though, this happens at the Building julia stage.

[philbit]

After looking at the posted main.log again, I am not convinced the "404 Not Found" errors are actually responsible for the installation failing. Before those, there is a Key Error '1' in /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_julia/julia/work/julia-1.4.1/contrib/normalize_triplet.py, which probably caused the build to abort. Hence renaming this issue.

[philbit]

After commenting out the offending lines in normalize_triplet.py, the 404 Not Found errors from curl remain and break the build, so both errors actually seem to be an issue. Any pointers would be appreciated.

[reneeotten (Renee Otten)]

the problem with normalize_triplet.py is that it does not yet expect GCC10. This issue and the download problems seem to have been fixed in version 1.4.2. So the port should be update to the latest version - I tried but there are now other build issues and I haven't figured those out.

Also the port is not UsingTheRightCompiler; it should likely start using the makefile PG.

[reneeotten (Renee Otten)]

until someone figures this out, you can likely get it to work by installing using gcc9. At least that appears to have worked on the ​buildbots so you'll get likely just the binary or it will install from source which hopefully still works.

To try this do:

sudo port clean --all julia
sudo port install julia +gcc9

[philbit]

Yes, indeed! Thank you so much for the hint. Had I known there was a binary for the gcc9 version, I would have tried that first thing. This is a good workaround until the problem is solved.