[MacPorts] #69602: m4 Won't install on fresh MacPorts Installation on Mac OSX Leopard PPC

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#69602: m4 Won't install on fresh MacPorts Installation on Mac OSX Leopard PPC
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  Reporter:  smnbldwn  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal    |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports     |    Version:  2.9.1
Resolution:            |   Keywords:  Install fails
      Port:  m4        |
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Comment (by smnbldwn):

 I tried deleting manually and re-installing but got the same result...

 sudo rm -rf
 _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_m4
 Password:
 $ sudo port install m4--->  Computing dependencies for m4
 --->  Fetching archive for 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://fra.de.packages.macports.org/m4
 --->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.19_1.darwin_9.ppc.tbz2 from
 http://nue.de.packages.macports.org/m4
 --->  Fetching distfiles for m4
 --->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.19.tar.bz2 from
 https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4
 --->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.19.tar.bz2 from
 https://artfiles.org/gnu.org/m4
 --->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.19.tar.bz2 from
 ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/gnu/m4
 --->  Attempting to fetch m4-1.4.19.tar.bz2 from
 ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu/prep/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: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe
 there is a bug.
 Error: Processing of port m4 failed

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/69602#comment:4>
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