[MacPorts] #74336: OpenBLAS fails to build on 10.13 High Sierra

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Wed Aug 19 15:50:34 UTC 2026


#74336: OpenBLAS fails to build on 10.13 High Sierra
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  Reporter:  JohnFHall  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.12.5
Resolution:             |   Keywords:  highsierra X86_64
      Port:  openBLAS   |
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Comment (by ballapete):

 The same on `PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8`:

 {{{
 make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/OpenBLAS-
 603bed0a/work/build'
 [ 81%] Linking Fortran shared library lib/libopenblas.dylib
 /opt/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script
 CMakeFiles/openblas_shared.dir/link.txt --verbose=ON
 collect2: fatal error: posix_spawnp: Argument list too long
 compilation terminated.
 /opt/local/bin/gfortran-mp-15 -pipe -Os -m32  -fPIC -mmacosx-version-
 min=10.5 -dynamiclib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -L/opt/local/lib
 -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch ppc -current_version 0.3.0 -o
 lib/libopenblas.0.3.dylib -install_name @rpath/libopenblas.0.dylib
 @CMakeFiles/openblas_shared.dir/objects1.rsp
 @CMakeFiles/openblas_shared.dir/objects2.rsp
 @CMakeFiles/openblas_shared.dir/objects3.rsp
 @CMakeFiles/openblas_shared.dir/objects4.rsp
 @CMakeFiles/openblas_shared.dir/linkLibs.rsp
 make[2]: *** [lib/libopenblas.0.3.dylib] Error 1
 make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/OpenBLAS-
 603bed0a/work/build'
 }}}

 `-E cmake_link_script` seems to be some option and argument for CMake, and
 `build/CMakeFiles/openblas_shared.dir/link.txt` contains what `port` has
 logged. The `.rsp files` are:

 {{{
 -rw-r--r-- 1 macports admin       6 19. Aug 12:39 linkLibs.rsp
 -rw-r--r-- 1 macports admin  130982 19. Aug 12:40 objects1.rsp
 -rw-r--r-- 1 macports admin  130935 19. Aug 12:40 objects2.rsp
 -rw-r--r-- 1 macports admin  130975 19. Aug 12:40 objects3.rsp
 -rw-r--r-- 1 macports admin   38352 19. Aug 12:40 objects4.rsp
 }}}

 `@CMakeFiles/openblas_shared.dir/linkLibs.rsp` only contains:

 {{{
  -lm
 }}}

 The other four `.rsp files` are all one very long line… (∑ ≈ 560 K
 characters)

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