(10.5,power) m4: failed to configure

[mrkapqa]

Hello ,

when doing

sudo port upgrade outdated

on oldercomputer incurring in error here

--->  Computing dependencies for m4
--->  Fetching archive for m4
--->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.19_1.darwin_9.ppc.tbz2 from http://fra.de.packages.macports.org/m4
--->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.19_1.darwin_9.ppc.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/m4
--->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.19_1.darwin_9.ppc.tbz2 from http://cph.dk.packages.macports.org/m4
--->  Fetching distfiles for m4
--->  Verifying checksums for m4
--->  Extracting m4
--->  Applying patches to m4
--->  Configuring m4
Error: Failed to configure m4: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_m4/m4/work/m4-1.4.19/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---: file name too long
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_m4/m4/main.log for details.
Error: Problem while installing m4

thank you very much.

[kencu (Ken)]

duplicate of:

#62994

please see analysis and workarounds in that ticket.

[kencu (Ken)]

Ah, I thought I changed the status of this when I added that message, but I guess I didn't hit that popup.