libtool, Xcode version, unable to infer tagged configuration

Rainer Müller raimue at macports.org
Wed Aug 17 01:40:31 PDT 2011


On 2011-08-17 03:20, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> Some recent MacPorts changes (using a different compiler based on the Xcode
> version, and distributing binaries) are causing problems for ports that use
> libtool (and other ports).
> 
> At build time, libtool records into itself the contents of the $CC variable.
> And the value of the $CC variable at libtool build time must be the same as
> the value of the $CC variable when you're actually using libtool; if it is
> not, you get the error "unable to infer tagged configuration". (Many prior
> occurrences of this error can be found in our issue tracker.)

Yes, this is really yet another problem with binary distribution. You would
either have to run the same Xcode version as the buildbot or make a choice
between using binaries or source only. Do we have an option yet to disable
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Rainer


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