swi-prolog @8.4.1 install fails with segmentation fault

[misc-activities]

I have been trying to install swi-prolog but the build is failing and I get the following message:

Error: Failed to build swi-prolog: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port swi-prolog failed

In the main.log file, I found the following:

:info:build ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build" && ninja -j12 all -j12 -v 
:info:build Exit code: 1
:error:build Failed to build swi-prolog: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 89226 1
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
:debug:build     while executing
:debug:build "system {*}$notty {*}$callback {*}$nice $fullcmdstring"
:debug:build     invoked from within
:debug:build "command_exec -callback portprogress::target_progress_callback build"
:debug:build     (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 8)
:debug:build     invoked from within
:debug:build "$procedure $targetname"

When I ran ninja -j12 all -j12 -v manually in the build directory for swi-prolog, I got the following error:

[100/1480] cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/src && /opt/local/bin/cmake -E remove -f /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot.prc && /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/src/swipl -q -O -o /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot.prc -b /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot/init.pl
FAILED: home/boot.prc /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot.prc 
cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/src && /opt/local/bin/cmake -E remove -f /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot.prc && /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/src/swipl -q -O -o /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot.prc -b /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot/init.pl
/bin/sh: line 1: 91506 Segmentation fault: 11  /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/src/swipl -q -O -o /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot.prc -b /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_lang_swi-prolog/swi-prolog/work/build/home/boot/init.pl

Could you please let me know how I can get around this? Thanks!

[reneeotten (Renee Otten)]

please add the complete main.log file mentioned in the error message

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

And, since a crash occurred, attach the crash log.

[JanWielemaker (Jan Wielemaker)]

The problem is caused by using tcmalloc which causes MacOS setlocale() to crash since MacOS 12 (Monterey). The swi-prolog-devel package already has a work-around for this (disable tcmalloc by setting the default for the cmake option USE_TCMALLOC to OFF. This will be addressed for the stable version in 8.4.2.

[misc-activities]

@JanWielemaker: I created a cmake alias as follows:

alias cmake='cmake -DUSE_TCMALLOC=OFF'

and tried to install again but still got the same error. Was what I did sensible or should I set the option some other way?

@reneeotten: I have attached the main.log file. It's for a newer run but the same error is produced.

@ryandesign: It looks like the crash log isn't generated. I searched the entire filesystem for .crash files. The only two that I found were from last year.

[misc-activities]

I added the line 'configure.args-append -DUSE_TCMALLOC=OFF' in the cmake-1.0.tcl and cmake-1.1.tcl files and was able to get it to install. Is there a better way to temporarily set cmake options with MacPorts?

[JanWielemaker (Jan Wielemaker)]

FYI, the swi-prolog-devel port has been updated yesterday. This port already addresses this crash issues for a couple of minor releases. It now also addresses dependency on db53 which is broken on various MacOS versions. It uses db62, which seems fine (so far).

Please test swi-prolog-devel. There are no significant incompatibilities. We plan to update swi-prolog to 8.4.2 in about a weeks time using the MacOS patches for swi-prolog-devel.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In 0d8ee62243cf6e2ffb499e68975643f9e5b2784c/macports-ports (master):

swi-prolog: Fix build on macOS 12

Closes: #64491