R-app @1.82_2 fails rev-upgrade check then fails to rebuild

[msrski59]

On Sequoia 15.7.7 with Xcode and Command Line Tools 26.3

After running upgrade outdated rev-upgrade flagged R-app as broken:

--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
Could not open /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.5/Resources/lib/libR.dylib: Error opening or reading file (referenced from /Applications/MacPorts/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R)
--->  Found 1 broken file, matching files to ports       
--->  Found 1 broken port, determining rebuild order
--->  Rebuilding in order
     R-app @1.82_2

The rebuild failed after SDK 'macosx15.4' could not be found and warnings were generated about unsupported headermap styles.

I cleaned R-app and ran rev-upgrade again, and the build failed again with the same issues.

I uninstalled R-app and then reinstalled it. The build failed with the same issues.

I am attaching the logs from the first build failure and the failed reinstall. They are slightly different.

[msrski59]

log of rev-upgrade rebuild failure

[msrski59]

log of reinstall build failure

[msrski59]

This might relate to #73727 from March. I experienced a build failure of R-app @1.82_2, and the log referenced a missing SDK with warnings about headermap styles. After two days of cleaning and trying again, R-app mysteriously built without issue. When I reported this the ticket was properly closed. The issues seem to be too close for just a coincidence.

[msrski59]

When I reported the build failure in #73727, I noted that R-app built without issue on my older desktop running Monterey. That is not the case this time.

On Monterey 12.7.6 with Xcode and Command Line Tools 14.2:

Same issue as above. After running upgrade outdated today rev-upgrade flagged R-app as broken with the same message as above. rev-upgrade's attempted rebuild failed. Cleaning and re-running rev-upgrade gave the same result.

I uninstalled R-app and reinstalled. Same result -- build failure.

On Monterey the builds throw an error about an implicit declaration of function SETLEVELS being invalid. This does not appear in the Sequoia build logs, so I am attaching a Monterey build log for comparison.

[msrski59]

log of monterey build failure

[i0ntempest]

Upstream did not release a new source tarball for R-app that is compatible with R 4.6. Until they do that this port is effectively defunct and I recommend uninstalling it.

[i0ntempest <i0ntempest@…>]

In 370ef5cf41e8d7e52069ba0d15925768db88c35c/macports-ports (master):

R-app: set known_fail until new source releases

See: #74159

[msrski59]

Replying to i0ntempest:

Upstream did not release a new source tarball for R-app that is compatible with R 4.6. Until they do that this port is effectively defunct and I recommend uninstalling it.

Understood. Thanks for the info.