[MacPorts] #15455: srm-1.2.8 runtime error - cannot remove files

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#15455: srm-1.2.8 runtime error - cannot remove files
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 Reporter:  vogt at cpsc.ucalgary.ca                 |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
     Type:  defect                                |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                                |   Milestone:  Port Bugs                            
Component:  ports                                 |     Version:  1.6.0                                
 Keywords:  srm, dyld, fdatasync, flat namespace  |  
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 == The Error ==

 srm-1.2.8 will compile fine via MacPorts.  However, when you attempt to
 use it to remove a file (the intended purpose of srm), the following error
 occurs:

 {{{
 % srm myFile
 dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _fdatasync
   Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/srm
   Expected in: flat namespace

 dyld: Symbol not found: _fdatasync
   Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/srm
   Expected in: flat namespace

 Trace/BPT trap
 }}}


 == Previous Report of this Error ==

 This error was previously reported as Ticket #9899 approximately two years
 ago, but no solution was posted to Ticket #9899.  I have a patch for this
 runtime error; however, I was unsure of whether I should reply to Ticket
 #9899 with this patch or start a new ticket for the patch (the MacPorts
 documentation seemed ambiguous on this matter: Section 7.2.2 of
 [http://guide.macports.org/] seems to say that a new ticket should be
 started, but Point 2 in [http://trac.macports.org/wiki/TracTicketing] says
 that a reply is in order).  I posted the patch to Ticket #9899
 approximately one week ago, along with a request to inform me if this was
 the correct course of action (as opposed to starting a new ticket).  Since
 I have not heard anything back, I decided it would be best to start a new
 ticket for the patch.

 == The Patch ==

 The patch simply removes some unnecessary CFLAGS from the Portfile build
 of srm-1.2.8.  Since srm compiles and runs fine if you use the soruce
 tarball directly from srm's homepage (i.e., not through MacPorts) with no
 extra flags or configuration options, I'm not sure why these CFLAGS were
 added to the Portfile build in the first place.  If they were added for
 compatibility purposes with an older OS X version (e.g., 10.3?), I would
 have no way of testing that.  Based on the report in Ticket #9899, as well
 as my own experiences, srm-1.2.8 will not work properly on OS X 10.4 or
 10.5 without a patch.

 I have tested this patch on OS X 10.5, running the current version of
 MacPorts (1.6.0).

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