barebones config file

[Ryan Schmidt]

> On Nov 22, 2015, at 10:22 PM, Mark Brethen <mark.brethen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The configure phase fails since it doesn’t know what to do with the prefix. I can override this, but what about env variables?
>>>>> 
>>>>> <configure.pl><main.log>
>>>> 
>>>> What about the env variables? Are the env variables MacPorts sets at configure time interfering with this configure script in some way?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm confused by the log you attached because it does not contain an "Assembled command" line for the configure phase. Are you overriding the configure phase? If so, why?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> It does not appear that the env variables are set as the Makefile generated contained gcc, g++ etc. I followed https://trac.macports.org/wiki/UsingTheRightCompiler and replaced with "$(CC)” etc. in the Makefile, in combination with setting ${build.args}. Attached is a recent build log. Now I’m having to deal with failures associated with bison.
>> 
>> Could you show me your portfile?
>> 
> 
> <Portfile>


Ok, so you have overridden the configure phase. Why? 

configure {
    system -W ${worksrcpath}/src "${configure.cmd}"
}

I'd instead use the default configure phase, just changing it to suit your needs. For example, use:

configure.dir ${worksrcpath}/src

If this configure script doesn't understand --prefix=${prefix}, use:

configure.pre_args

If this configure script doesn't understand --disable-dependency-tracking, use:

configure.universal_args

Also, you should use the github portgroup, since this software is hosted at github.