nss @3.88.1 No rule to make target '../certhigh/Darwin13.4.0_clang_64_OPT.OBJ/certhtml.o', needed by 'Output.OBJD/libnss3.dylib'

[cave-canem]

...
echo Output.OBJD/libnss.a
Output.OBJD/libnss.a
grep -v ';+' nss.def | grep -v ';-' | sed -e 's; DATA ;;' -e 's,;;,,' -e 's,;.*,,' -e 's,^,_,' > Output.OBJD/nss.def
make[3]: *** No rule to make target '../certhigh/Darwin13.4.0_clang_64_OPT.OBJ/certhtml.o', needed by 'Output.OBJD/libnss3.dylib'.  Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/opt/MacPorts/var/macports/build/_opt_macports-ports_net_nss/nss/work/nss-3.88.1/nss/lib/nss'
make[2]: *** [../coreconf/rules.mk:44: nss] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/MacPorts/var/macports/build/_opt_macports-ports_net_nss/nss/work/nss-3.88.1/nss/lib'
make[1]: *** [coreconf/rules.mk:44: lib] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/MacPorts/var/macports/build/_opt_macports-ports_net_nss/nss/work/nss-3.88.1/nss'
make: *** [manifest.mn:21: all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/opt/MacPorts/var/macports/build/_opt_macports-ports_net_nss/nss/work/nss-3.88.1/nss'
Command failed:  cd "/opt/MacPorts/var/macports/build/_opt_macports-ports_net_nss/nss/work/nss-3.88.1/nss" && /usr/bin/make -j1 -w all NSS_DISABLE_GTESTS=1 NSS_ENABLE_WERROR=0 USE_64=1 CPU_ARCH=x86_64 CC="/opt/MacPorts/bin/clang -Os -std=c99 -arch x86_64" CCC="/opt/MacPorts/bin/clang++ -Os -stdlib=libc++ -arch x86_64" NSPR_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/MacPorts/include/nspr NSPR_LIB_DIR=/opt/MacPorts/lib/nspr NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1 USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1 BUILD_OPT=1 OPTIMIZER="-Os" OBJDIR_NAME="Output.OBJD"
Exit code: 2
Error: Failed to build nss: command execution failed
DEBUG: Error code: CHILDSTATUS 16527 2
DEBUG: Backtrace: command execution failed
    while executing
"system {*}$notty {*}$callback {*}$nice $fullcmdstring"
    invoked from within
"command_exec -callback portprogress::target_progress_callback build"
    (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 8)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"

Detailed log in attachment

[cave-canem]

main.log

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Successful buildbot build, for comparison: ​https://build.macports.org/builders/ports-10.9_x86_64-builder/builds/219617

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

From main.log it seems you're building for i386, rather than for x86_64. I have no idea why it's failing, as all build bots came back clean.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

The compiler specified in the build command is certainly different, /usr/bin/clang vs /opt/MacPorts/bin/clang. That wouldn't normally be in the fallback list; have you made any modifications to the compiler selection in your installation?

[cave-canem]

port select --summary | rg "(Name|====|clang|llvm)"
Name       Selected        Options
====       ========        =======
clang      none            mp-clang-10 mp-clang-11 mp-clang-12 mp-clang-13 mp-clang-14 mp-clang-15 mp-clang-3.7 mp-clang-5.0 mp-clang-9.0 none
llvm       none            mp-llvm-10 mp-llvm-11 mp-llvm-12 mp-llvm-13 mp-llvm-14 mp-llvm-15 mp-llvm-3.7 mp-llvm-5.0 mp-llvm-9.0 none

New detaled log (main.log_v2)

[cave-canem]

main.log_v2

[cave-canem]

main.log_v3

[cave-canem]

I solved this problem simply by adding the line "port:legacy-support" to the port file (depends_lib).

Ticket can be closed.

Detailed log in attachment

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

Close: use the legacysupport 1.1 PortGroup!

[Marius Schamschula <mschamschula@…>]

In bd6cbd27efb528e1b90758b34059fab17cc1fccf/macports-ports (master):

nss: use legacysupport PG

Closes: #66933

[kencu (Ken)]

I have no idea as yet why cave-canem's build was failing, why it was using different compilers for the different builds, why it finally succeeded, and what, if anything, adding a port dependency on legacysupport without using the PortGroup might have might have had to do with anything here...

But mysteries do abound!

[cave-canem]

Hello Ken!

I am Russian.

Russians know how to solve unsolvable problems.

(No matter how pathetic it may sound).

But mysteries do abound!

[kencu (Ken)]

Indeed.

Whatever fixed your build, it’s hard to see how adding a build dep on legacysupport was the fix… adding it as a build dep doesn’t do anything, as it will not be used anyway.

And adding it would not alter your compiler choice.

And it built on the buildbot without legacysupport.

So what went on here is a mystery.