apr-util 1.5.4 fails compile

[Ryan Schmidt]

> On Oct 27, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Bjarne D Mathiesen <macintosh at mathiesen.info> wrote:
> 
> Hardware:
>    Hardware Overview:
> 
>      Model Name: MacBook Pro
>      Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,3
>      Processor Name: Intel Core i7
>      Processor Speed: 2,2 GHz
>      Number of Processors: 1
>      Total Number of Cores: 4
>      L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
>      L3 Cache: 6 MB
>      Memory: 16 GB
>      Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B27
>      SMC Version (system): 1.70f6
> 
> Software:
>    System Software Overview:
> 
>      System Version: OS X 10.10 (14A389)
>      Kernel Version: Darwin 14.0.0
>      Boot Mode: Normal
>      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
> 
> apr-util 1.5.4 fails to compile with the following :
> 
> :info:build grep: /macports/lib/libltdl.la: No such file or directory
> :info:build sed: /macports/lib/libltdl.la: No such file or directory
> :info:build libtool: link: `/macports/lib/libltdl.la' is not a valid
> libtool archive
> :info:build make[1]: *** [dbd/apr_dbd_odbc.la] Error 1
> :info:build make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/macports/var/macports/build/_macports_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_apr-util/apr-util/work/apr-util-1.5.4'
> 
> Now, as far as I can ascertain libltdl.la ought to be provided by
> libtool; but libtool doesn't install libltdl.la :-(
> 
> $=> ls -l /macports/lib/libltdl.*
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  35932 25 Okt 15:16 libltdl.7.dylib
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  admin  54408 25 Okt 15:16 libltdl.a
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin     15 25 Okt 15:16 libltdl.dylib ->
> libltdl.7.dylib
> 
> 
> I've tried to re-install libtool - in the process removing two older
> version still present - but still no luck :-(
> 
> Does anybody have any hints ???

There should be virtually no .la files on your drive, after upgrading to Mavericks or later and uninstalling and reinstalling all ports. The fact that something on your system still thinks there should be .la files suggests you did not uninstall and reinstall all ports after upgrading the OS.