simulavr @1.0.0_2: Could not locate libbfd.so/libbfd.a and/or bfd.h

[neilt (Neil Tiffin)]

Trying a new install of simulavr fails.

% sudo port install simulavr
--->  Computing dependencies for simulavr
--->  Fetching archive for simulavr
--->  Attempting to fetch simulavr-1.0.0_2.darwin_19.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/simulavr
--->  Attempting to fetch simulavr-1.0.0_2.darwin_19.x86_64.tbz2 from http://aus.us.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/simulavr
--->  Attempting to fetch simulavr-1.0.0_2.darwin_19.x86_64.tbz2 from https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/simulavr
--->  Configuring simulavr
Error: Failed to configure simulavr, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_emulators_simulavr/simulavr/work/simulavr-1.0.0/config.log
Error: Failed to configure simulavr: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_emulators_simulavr/simulavr/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port simulavr failed

Relevant spot in the log is:

:info:configure with_bfd = /opt/local/avr/host
:info:configure with_libiberty = /opt/local/avr/host
:info:configure checking bfd search- /opt/local/avr/host/i386-apple-darwin19.5.0/avr in "include" and "lib"... no
:info:configure checking bfd search- /opt/local/avr/host/avr in "include" and "lib"... no
:info:configure checking bfd search- /opt/local/avr/host in "" and ""... no
:info:configure checking bfd search- /opt/local/avr/host in "bfd" and "bfd"... no
:info:configure checking bfd search- /opt/local/avr/host in "include" and "lib64"... no
:info:configure checking bfd search- /opt/local/avr/host in "include" and "lib"... no
:info:configure checking bfd search- /opt/local/avr/host in "include" and ""... no
:info:configure configure: error: 
:info:configure     Could not locate libbfd.so/libbfd.a and/or bfd.h.
:info:configure     Please use the --with-bfd=<path to your libbfd library>
:info:configure  

:debug:sysinfo macOS 10.15 (darwin/19.5.0) arch i386
:debug:sysinfo MacPorts 2.6.2
:debug:sysinfo Xcode 12.0
:debug:sysinfo SDK 10.15
:debug:sysinfo MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.15

Actual log attached.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Looks very similar to a previous problem you reported in #60807. Maybe a similar fix is needed here.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

We should probably update the port to 1.1.0 first. It was released earlier this year. It's here:

​http://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/simulavr.git

Version 1.0.0 which we're using now is 8 years old.

In the git repo I also see a 6-year-old tag "last-libbfd-libiberty" which suggests that the current version might not use libbfd and libiberty at all, which would solve the problem you're seeing.

The current port has a lot of patches and reinplaces that will take awhile to examine to determine which, if any, are still needed with 1.1.0.

[neilt (Neil Tiffin)]

You may not need any patches. See below.

I cloned the savannah git locally.

Then did make build. I did not apply any patches.

Xcode Version 12.0 beta 2 (12A6163b).

ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.15.5 BuildVersion: 19F101

A few warnings no errors.

Then make check.

[==========] Running 23 tests from 4 test suites.
[----------] Global test environment set-up.
[----------] 1 test from EXAMPLE_SESSION_001
[ RUN      ] EXAMPLE_SESSION_001.TEST1
[       OK ] EXAMPLE_SESSION_001.TEST1 (18 ms)
[----------] 1 test from EXAMPLE_SESSION_001 (18 ms total)

[----------] 6 tests from SESSION_IRQ
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IRQ.IRQ1
[       OK ] SESSION_IRQ.IRQ1 (17 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IRQ.TC1
[       OK ] SESSION_IRQ.TC1 (17 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IRQ.TC2
[       OK ] SESSION_IRQ.TC2 (17 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IRQ.TC3
[       OK ] SESSION_IRQ.TC3 (19 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IRQ.TC4
[       OK ] SESSION_IRQ.TC4 (17 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IRQ.TC5
[       OK ] SESSION_IRQ.TC5 (16 ms)
[----------] 6 tests from SESSION_IRQ (103 ms total)

[----------] 8 tests from SESSION_IO_PIN
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M128
[       OK ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M128 (65 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M16
[       OK ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M16 (14 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M8
[       OK ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M8 (12 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M164
[       OK ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M164 (14 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M48
[       OK ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M48 (12 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M640
[       OK ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_M640 (24 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_T2313
[       OK ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_T2313 (12 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_T25
[       OK ] SESSION_IO_PIN.OPEN_DRAIN_T25 (11 ms)
[----------] 8 tests from SESSION_IO_PIN (164 ms total)

[----------] 8 tests from SESSION_TRACE
[ RUN      ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M128
[       OK ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M128 (62 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M16
[       OK ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M16 (15 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M8
[       OK ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M8 (13 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M164
[       OK ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M164 (15 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M48
[       OK ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M48 (14 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M640
[       OK ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_M640 (25 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_T2313
[       OK ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_T2313 (12 ms)
[ RUN      ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_T25
[       OK ] SESSION_TRACE.TRACE_T25 (12 ms)
[----------] 8 tests from SESSION_TRACE (168 ms total)

[----------] Global test environment tear-down
[==========] 23 tests from 4 test suites ran. (453 ms total)
[  PASSED  ] 23 tests.

Then

Ran 14706 tests in 7.380 seconds [1992.683 tests/second].
  Number of Passing Tests: 13850
  Number of Failing Tests: 0
  Number of Skipped Tests: 856 (opcode not supported by target)