[MacPorts] #67892: xfconf failed to compile on Ventura arm64, and a potential workaround

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#67892: xfconf failed to compile on Ventura arm64, and a potential workaround
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 Reporter:  philberthfz                         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                              |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Low                                 |  Milestone:
Component:  ports                               |    Version:  2.8.1
 Keywords:  M1, apple silicon, arm64, Ventura,  |       Port:  xfconf
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 There are no compiled binary packages for xfconf available yet. When
 macports attempts to compile, compilation fails with the message:
 Error: Failed to configure xfconf: configure failure: command execution
 failed.

 It appears that the configuration step fails to run aclocal at the
 appropriate point.

 I have identified a possible workaround, and am sharing it here in the
 hopes that I will be able to find it on google the next time I inevitably
 need to do this again. Given that the package itself appears unmaintained,
 consider this a best-effort workaround for anybody else pulling their hair
 out over this and that further problems will probably continue to exist.
 Consider also that I have sample size of exactly one install on one M1 Mac
 mini, so users on other machines with other software configurations will
 undoubtably encounter other issues - your mileage will vary.

 Doing the following produced a probably-functional copy of xfconf for
 me:\\

 1) Manually navigating to the appropriate work directory
 (/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_xfce_xfconf/xfconf/work/xfconf-4.16.0)\\

 2) sudo aclocal\\

 3) sudo /opt/local/bin/xdt-autogen --prefix=/opt/local --disable-
 visibility\\

 4) sudo make && sudo make install\\

 5) sudo port -f activate xfconf\\



 At least, this appears to generate a working xfconf. At the very least,
 other packages which depend on xfconf will build/install with no more
 errors than they otherwise would exhibit.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67892>
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