[MacPorts] #62993: mailutils: update to version 3.12 - building from command line but failing to build using macports

[Giuseppe 'ferdy' Miceli]

	Ciao,

first of all, thank you very much for the prompt reply and quick solution.

since mailutils dropped python2 support starting version 3.10, i am now trying to update python version to 3.9 unfortunately without success.

before open another ticket (i trust i am supposed to open a brand new ticket, please correct should I be mistraken), i would like to take the change to understand better a bunch of things related to this port, but i believe more general as scope.

1. using trace mode, i have found out the port can be build without the listed building dependencies: coreutils, gawk, grep, gsed and m4.
is it correct to assume that macports tends to limit as much as possibile the number of dependencies? therefore i am supposed to comment out the depends_libs stanza?

2. the universal variant is still valid? or can i add the universal_variant no line in Portfile? what are the rationales behind the two choices?

3. i give for granted that --verbose e —disable-silent-rules are useful when creating/debugging the Portfile, but the final version should be without them. correct?

4. i get a huge amount of warning similar to the following: libtool: warning: '../lib/libmuaux.la <http://libmuaux.la/>' has not been installed in '/opt/mp/lib’
as far as i understood reading the sources, i guess this is bound to legacysupport-1.1 PG which by default instructs to do not use static. am i correct? am i supposed to let it be? 

5. i would like to add +docs and +examples to allow the users to install docs, info and examples. where i can find documentation and/or useful ports i can use as examples?

6. while trying to configure python support i got the following warning (which eventually results in a failing build):

	Warning: The following file inside the MacPorts prefix not installed by a port was accessed:
	  /opt/mp/bin/python3-config

note: regarding python39 support, i am going to create a ticket with full information; to make it short: with port select python/python3 set to none, it does not configure with build support, with python/python3 both o singular selected as python39, port configure correctly sets python support but the build fails with the following error:

	ld: library not found for -lpython3.9
	clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
	make[3]: *** [libmu_py.la <http://libmu_py.la/>] Error 1

as always thank you very much for your help (and patience!), cheers,
—
ferdy


> On 30 May 2021, at 13:22, MacPorts <noreply at macports.org <mailto:noreply at macports.org>> wrote:
> 
> #62993: mailutils: update to version 3.12 - building from command line but failing
> to build using macports
> ------------------------+------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  ferdy      |      Owner:  Chris Jones <jonesc@…>
>      Type:  defect     |     Status:  closed
>  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
> Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.7.1
> Resolution:  fixed      |   Keywords:
>      Port:  mailutils  |
> ------------------------+------------------------------------
> Changes (by Chris Jones <jonesc@…>):
> 
> * status:  new => closed
> * owner:  (none) => Chris Jones <jonesc@…>
> * resolution:   => fixed
> 
> 
> Comment:
> 
> In [changeset:"d8c62da0224fa800fc153094264e0d8e7c934879/macports-ports"
> d8c62da0224fa800fc153094264e0d8e7c934879/macports-ports] (master):
> {{{
> #!ConfigurableCommitTicketReference repository="macports-ports"
> revision="d8c62da0224fa800fc153094264e0d8e7c934879"
> mailutils: Add patch for libtool bug on macOS11+
> Closes: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62993 <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62993>
> }}}
> 
> -- 
> Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62993#comment:4 <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62993#comment:4>>
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