[MacPorts] #23135: iftop-0.17 Configure error - build failure

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#23135: iftop-0.17 Configure error - build failure
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 Reporter:  joel@…                         |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                         |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                         |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                          |     Version:  1.8.2                                
 Keywords:  configure pcap pcap_open_live  |        Port:  iftop                                
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 When I try to install the "iftop" port I get the following error:
 {{{
 mymac:~$ sudo port install iftop
 --->  Computing dependencies for iftop
 --->  Configuring iftop
 Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell
 command " cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_iftop/work/iftop-0.17"
 && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-libpcap=/opt/local
 --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 1
 Command output: checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
 checking for size_t... yes
 checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
 checking sys/dlpi.h usability... no
 checking sys/dlpi.h presence... no
 checking for sys/dlpi.h... no
 checking for regcomp... yes
 checking for select... yes
 checking for strdup... yes
 checking for strerror... yes
 checking for strspn... yes
 checking for library containing socket... none required
 checking for library containing log... none required
 checking for gethostbyname... yes
 checking for library containing inet_aton... none required
 checking for library containing inet_pton... none required
 checking for inet_aton... yes
 checking for inet_pton... yes
 checking size of u_int8_t... 1
 checking size of u_int16_t... 2
 checking size of u_int32_t... 4
 checking for library containing getnameinfo... none required
 checking for library containing gethostbyaddr_r... no
 checking for library containing gethostbyaddr... none required
 configure: WARNING: using single-threaded resolver with gethostbyaddr
   Consider obtaining ARES or a machine with a working gethostbyaddr_r.
 checking where to find pcap.h... /include
 checking for pcap_open_live in -lpcap... no
 configure: error: can't find libpcap
   You're not going to get very far without libpcap.

 Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
 Before reporting a bug, first run the command again with the -d flag to
 get complete output.
 mymac:~$
 }}}

 If I manually run the shell commands shown in the error above:
 {{{
 --->  Configuring iftop
 Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell
 command " cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_iftop/work/iftop-0.17"
 && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-libpcap=/opt/local
 --mandir=/opt/local/share/man " returned error 1
 }}}
 1- cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_iftop/work/iftop-0.17"
 [[BR]]
 2- ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-libpcap=/opt/local
 --mandir=/opt/local/share/man

 There are no errors:

 {{{
 mymac:~$  cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_iftop/work/iftop-0.17"
 mymac:/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_iftop/work/iftop-0.17$
 sudo ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-libpcap=/opt/local
 --mandir=/opt/local/share/man
 checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin10.2.0
 checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin10.2.0
 checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin10.2.0
 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
 checking whether build environment is sane... yes
 checking for gawk... no
 checking for mawk... no
 checking for nawk... no
 checking for awk... awk
 checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
 checking for gcc... gcc
 checking for C compiler default output... a.out
 checking whether the C compiler works... yes
 checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 checking for suffix of executables...
 checking for suffix of object files... o
 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
 checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
 checking for style of include used by make... GNU
 checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
 checking for egrep... grep -E
 checking for ANSI C header files... yes
 checking for sys/types.h... yes
 checking for sys/stat.h... yes
 checking for stdlib.h... yes
 checking for string.h... yes
 checking for memory.h... yes
 checking for strings.h... yes
 checking for inttypes.h... yes
 checking for stdint.h... yes
 checking for unistd.h... yes
 checking sys/ioctl.h usability... yes
 checking sys/ioctl.h presence... yes
 checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes
 checking sys/time.h usability... yes
 checking sys/time.h presence... yes
 checking for sys/time.h... yes
 checking sys/sockio.h usability... yes
 checking sys/sockio.h presence... yes
 checking for sys/sockio.h... yes
 checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
 checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
 checking for size_t... yes
 checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
 checking sys/dlpi.h usability... no
 checking sys/dlpi.h presence... no
 checking for sys/dlpi.h... no
 checking for regcomp... yes
 checking for select... yes
 checking for strdup... yes
 checking for strerror... yes
 checking for strspn... yes
 checking for library containing socket... none required
 checking for library containing log... none required
 checking for gethostbyname... yes
 checking for library containing inet_aton... none required
 checking for library containing inet_pton... none required
 checking for inet_aton... yes
 checking for inet_pton... yes
 checking size of u_int8_t... 1
 checking size of u_int16_t... 2
 checking size of u_int32_t... 4
 checking for library containing getnameinfo... none required
 checking for library containing gethostbyaddr_r... no
 checking for library containing gethostbyaddr... none required
 configure: WARNING: using single-threaded resolver with gethostbyaddr
   Consider obtaining ARES or a machine with a working gethostbyaddr_r.
 checking where to find pcap.h... /include
 checking for pcap_open_live in -lpcap... yes
 checking pcap.h usability... yes
 checking pcap.h presence... yes
 checking for pcap.h... yes
 checking for a curses library containing mvchgat... -lncurses
 checking POSIX threads compilation... CFLAGS= and LIBS=
 checking POSIX threads usability... yes
 checking if we need to enable promiscuous mode by default... no
 configure: creating ./config.status
 config.status: creating Makefile
 config.status: creating config/Makefile
 config.status: creating config.h
 config.status: config.h is unchanged
 config.status: executing depfiles commands
 mymac:/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_iftop/work/iftop-0.17$
 }}}

 Am I doing anything wrong? Maybe I'm missing something...? Why doesn't it
 build?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23135>
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