[MacPorts] #65305: libdeflate @1.11 does not build on PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11, Tiger, because: Makefile:130: *** only one `else' per conditional. Stop.

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#65305: libdeflate @1.11 does not build on PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11, Tiger, because:
Makefile:130: *** only one `else' per conditional.  Stop.
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  Reporter:  ballapete   |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.7.2
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  tiger
      Port:  libdeflate  |
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 Replying to [comment:1 ballapete]:
 > Using `GNU make` instead of `Apple's make` lets the compilation start.

 Yes, using gmake in a `platform darwin 8` block is a common fix used for
 Tiger. Note that "Apple's make" is simply GNU make 3.80 on Tiger; GNU make
 3.81 introduced changes which many build system rely on.

 Replying to [comment:2 ballapete]:
 > {{{
 > powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1: unrecognized option '-shared'
 > /usr/libexec/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/ld: unknown flag:
 -soname=libdeflate.so.0
 > }}}

 Sure, `-shared` should be `-dynamiclib` on macOS (newer macOS versions
 recognize `-shared` as a synonym for `-dynamiclib` but Tiger doesn't) and
 `-soname` should be `-install_name`, along with specifying a macOS-style
 dynamic library path rather than a Linux-style shared object name.

 Replying to [comment:3 ballapete]:
 > This is quite interesting: `/dev/null` was deleted each time I invoked
 `port -vd install libdeflate`

 This may be because of:

 > {{{
 > scripts/detect.sh: line 16: /dev/null: Operation not supported
 > }}}

 or maybe some other use of /dev/null in the build system. I'm envisioning
 somewhere where /dev/null is used as the output of a compilation or
 something (with a flag like `-o /dev/null`). The fix would be to direct
 the output to a real file somewhere in the work directory, which will then
 be deleted along with the rest of the work directory when the port is
 installed.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/65305#comment:5>
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