[MacPorts] #37663: lesstif @0.95.2 Configure error - autoreconf failure

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#37663: lesstif @0.95.2 Configure error - autoreconf failure
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 Reporter:  uthyr@…        |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal         |  Milestone:
Component:  ports          |    Version:  2.1.2
 Keywords:  Mountain Lion  |       Port:  lesstif
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 Hello,

 Problem:  lesstif fails to configure

 System(s): this is occuring on three computers, a MacMini (5,2), MacMini
 (5,1), and MacBook Pro (8,2).  Each has installed:

 Mac OS X 10.8.2[[BR]]

 Xcode 4.5.2 (4G2008a), with CommandLine Tools installed[[BR]]

 MacPorts 2.1.2 for Mountain Lion installed[[BR]]


 These ports installed, in this order, with these variants.
 {{{
 Macports Base
   wget +ssl
   db46
   gcc45
   python27
   python_select
   ghostscript
   gv  +letter
   ImageMagick  +q16
   gsl  +gcc45
   hdf5-18  +cxx +gcc45
   hdf4  +gcc45
   netcdf  +dap +netcdf4 +hdf4
   netcdf-fortran +gcc45
   nco
   ncarg  +gcc45
 }}}
 Everything through nco compiled and installed.  The package ncarg depends
 upon lesstif, among others, which has failed to configure.  The following
 dependencies installed prior to lesstif, in the order shown:

 {{{
 --->  Installing glib2 @2.34.3_0
 --->  Installing libpixman @0.28.2_0
 --->  Installing xorg-xcb-util @0.3.9_0
 --->  Installing xorg-renderproto @0.11.1_0
 --->  Installing xrender @0.9.7_0
 --->  Installing cairo @1.12.8_2+x11
 --->  Installing flex @2.5.37_1
 --->  Installing giflib @4.2.1_0+x11
 --->  Installing proj @4.8.0_0
 --->  Installing libgeotiff @1.4.0_0
 --->  Installing gdal @1.9.2_0+expat
 --->  Installing hdfeos @2.18_0
 --->  Installing hdfeos5 @1.14_2
 --->  Installing xorg-printproto @1.0.5_0
 --->  Installing xorg-libXp @1.0.1_0
 }}}

 following each "Installing..." is a line stating "Activating..."


 Below are the lines reported when MacPorts attempts to install lesstif:

 {{{
 --->  Fetching archive for lesstif
 --->  Attempting to fetch lesstif-0.95.2_1.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from
 http://packages.macports.org/lesstif
 --->  Attempting to fetch lesstif-0.95.2_1.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from
 http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/lesstif
 --->  Attempting to fetch lesstif-0.95.2_1.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from
 http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/lesstif
 --->  Attempting to fetch lesstif-0.95.2_1.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 from
 http://jog.id.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/lesstif
 --->  Fetching distfiles for lesstif
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for lesstif
 --->  Extracting lesstif
 --->  Applying patches to lesstif
 --->  Configuring lesstif
 Error: org.macports.configure for port lesstif returned: autoreconf
 failure: command execution failed
 Error: Failed to install lesstif
 Please see the log file for port lesstif for details:
 /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_x11_lesstif/lesstif/main.log
 Error: The following dependencies were not installed: lesstif triangle
 vis5d mesa xorg-dri2proto xorg-glproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto
 xorg-libXi xorg-inputproto tcl wgrib2 jasper xorg-libXaw
 To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
     http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
 Error: Processing of port ncarg failed
 }}}


 The lesstif main.log file is submitted here as well.


 I attempted to proceed by changing directory to the lesstif-0.95.2 build
 directory, and running the 'autoreconf 'command by hand, using sudo.  A
 warning about 'configure.in' being improperly named (should be
 'configure.ac') was issued, along with an error about an obsolete macro
 (AM_CONFIG_HEADER).  I duplicated the 'configure.in' to 'configure.ac',
 and changed the macro as directed in the error report.

 I ran the 'autoreconf' command again, and received another obsolete macro
 error.  Renamed the macro, ran 'autoreconf' again, and this time received
 errors about the same two obsolete macros, after descending into the
 'test' directory.  Changing those, finally received errors about 'possibly
 undefined macro' and other tokens.  This is the limit of my understanding,
 so am reporting this to MacPorts.

 I can provide the output from the manual 'autoreconf' commands, if
 desired.

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