[MacPorts] #50567: findutils 4.6.0 cannot be installed on PPC Mac OS X 10.5.8, Leopard, because of strange directory name confdir-14B---

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#50567: findutils 4.6.0 cannot be installed on PPC Mac OS X 10.5.8, Leopard,
because of strange directory name confdir-14B---
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 Reporter:  Peter_Dyballa@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect           |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal           |  Milestone:
Component:  ports            |    Version:  2.3.4
 Keywords:                   |       Port:  findutils
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 The installation process ends with

 {{{
 Error: error deleting
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_findutils/findutils/work/findutils-4.6.0
 /confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---": file name too long
 Error: Couldn't activate findutils 4.6.0_0:
 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_findutils/findutils/work/findutils-4.6.0
 /confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B
 ---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-
 14B---/confdir-14B---/confdir-14B---: file name too long}}}

 No main.log file is saved.

 The reason is obvious from this ls output:

 {{{
 root 248 /\ l -t
 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_findutils/findutils/work/findutils-4.6.0/
 total 9344
 drwxr-xr-x  4 macports  admin      952  7 Feb 20:32 locate
 drwxr-xr-x  2 macports  admin      748  7 Feb 20:32 doc
 drwxr-xr-x  4 macports  admin      374  7 Feb 20:31 xargs
 drwxr-xr-x  4 macports  admin     1156  7 Feb 20:31 find
 drwxr-xr-x  3 macports  admin     1564  7 Feb 20:29 lib
 drwxr-xr-x  7 macports  admin    12308  7 Feb 20:29 tests
 -rw-r--r--  1 macports  admin  2995810  7 Feb 20:22 config.log
 drwxr-xr-x  2 macports  admin     3298  7 Feb 20:21 po
 -rw-r--r--  1 macports  admin   103836  7 Feb 20:21 config.h
 -rw-r--r--  1 macports  admin       23  7 Feb 20:21 stamp-h1
 drwxr-xr-x  2 macports  admin      408  7 Feb 20:21 m4
 drwxr-xr-x  4 macports  admin      238  7 Feb 20:21 gl
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 macports  admin    99297  7 Feb 20:21 config.status
 drwx------  3 macports  admin      102  7 Feb 20:17 confdir-14B---
 drwx------  3 macports  admin      102  7 Feb 20:17 confdir3
 -rw-r--r--  1 macports  admin     1962 28 Dez 22:33 tool-versions.txt
 -rw-r--r--  1 macports  admin    99810 28 Dez 22:33 config.h.in
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 macports  admin  1382089 28 Dez 22:31 configure
 -rw-r--r--  1 macports  admin     8271 28 Dez 22:15 configure.ac
 -rw-r--r--  1 macports  admin    63296 22 Dez 18:32 maint.mk
 -rw-r--r--  1 macports  admin       10 21 Aug  2011 stamp-h.in
 }}}

 The directory `confdir-14B---` has the same time stamp as the directory
 `confdir3`, so it could have been produced by the failing conftest about
 confdir3, or a bit later. The command `find
 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_findutils/findutils/work/findutils-4.6.0
 /confdir-14B--- -type d | wc -l` returns the number `57`, so presumingly
 this directory is 56 levels deep and the final resulting path name is 1024
 or 1025 characters long.

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