grace @5.1.25: configure: error: M*tif has not been found

[andresbsa (Andres Sanchez)]

I am trying to install grace on Catalina, but I get the following error:

--->  Configuring grace
Error: Failed to configure grace, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_grace/grace/work/grace-5.1.25/config.log
Error: Failed to configure grace: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_grace/grace/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port grace failed

I'm a beginner so I don't know what to look for in the .log files. Sorry :(

[ryandesign (Ryan Schmidt)]

The error in the main.log is:

configure: error: M*tif has not been found

The reason why from the config.log is:

configure:9531: checking for a Motif >= 1002 compatible API
configure:9569: /usr/bin/clang -o conftest  -I/opt/local/include  -pipe -O1 -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk -arch x86_64  -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk  -L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -Wl,-syslibroot,/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk -arch x86_64 conftest.c -lXm -lXpm -lXp -lXmu -lXt -lXext -lX11  -lSM -lICE  >&5
conftest.c:110:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'XmRegisterConverters' is invalid in C99 [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
        XmRegisterConverters();
        ^
conftest.c:110:9: note: did you mean 'XtRegisterCaseConverter'?
/opt/local/include/X11/Intrinsic.h:811:13: note: 'XtRegisterCaseConverter' declared here
extern void XtRegisterCaseConverter(
            ^
conftest.c:113:11: error: implicitly declaring library function 'exit' with type 'void (int) __attribute__((noreturn))' [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
          exit(1);
          ^
conftest.c:113:11: note: include the header <stdlib.h> or explicitly provide a declaration for 'exit'
2 errors generated.

Implicit function declarations are now an error as of Xcode 12. We should fix this but until we do you can avoid the problem by downgrading to Xcode 11 and/or the Xcode 11 command line tools.

[andresbsa (Andres Sanchez)]

Replying to ryandesign:

Implicit function declarations are now an error as of Xcode 12. We should fix this but until we do you can avoid the problem by downgrading to Xcode 11 and/or the Xcode 11 command line tools.

I have Xcode version 11.7. Should I try downgrading to a previous version still?

[ryandesign (Ryan Schmidt)]

If you have Xcode 11.7 and are experiencing the problem, then you have the Xcode 12 command line tools and downgrading to the Xcode 11.5 command line tools would work around the problem.

[andresbsa (Andres Sanchez)]

Replying to ryandesign:

If you have Xcode 11.7 and are experiencing the problem, then you have the Xcode 12 command line tools and downgrading to the Xcode 11.5 command line tools would work around the problem.

Indeed it worked. Thank you very much for your support.

[ryandesign (Ryan Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #61552.

[bernstei]

If anyone else more familiar with the port has time to look at it, I'm pretty sure that it's easy to fix. At least to get past the immediate problem you just need to patch configure (around line 9553) to get rid of the call to XmRegisterConverters (apparently an internal motif function that isn't supposed to be called anyway ​https://groups.google.com/g/comp.windows.x/c/26_NXxPPPhY), and to "#include <stdlib.h>". I've attached my patch as "configure.patch"

[bernstei]

configure patch to fix motif functionality testing

[ryandesign (Ryan Schmidt)]

Yes, I was working on it... I need to finish it up.

[ryandesign (Ryan Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #61793.

[bernstei]

Hi Ryan - any progress in finishing the patch?

[valerie-vallet]

I have the same error. Is the patch ready ? Thanks for your help

[ryandesign (Ryan Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #62357.