[MacPorts] #74035: dvisvgm-3.6 does not build on PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, because of configure not finding kpathsea/kpathsea.h
MacPorts
noreply at macports.org
Mon May 25 07:50:48 UTC 2026
#74035: dvisvgm-3.6 does not build on PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, because of
configure not finding kpathsea/kpathsea.h
-------------------------+---------------------
Reporter: ballapete | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.12.5
Keywords: ppc leopard | Port: dvisvgm
-------------------------+---------------------
It exists,
{{{
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 766 23. Apr 2025
/opt/local/include/kpathsea/kpathsea.h
}}}
possibly from last years (now defective, because dylibs changed and it
can't be re-built anymore) TeX Live installation, port only tells:
{{{
leopard pete 220 /\ port provides /opt/local/include/kpathsea/kpathsea.h
/opt/local/include/kpathsea/kpathsea.h is provided by: texlive-bin
leopard pete 221 /\ port installed -v texlive-bin
The following ports are currently installed:
texlive-bin @2025.74524_1+x11 (active) requested_variants=''
platform='darwin 9' archs='ppc' date='2025-04-23T13:00:29+0200'
}}}
The error shows up like this:
{{{
checking whether termios.h defines TIOCGWINSZ... yes
checking for kpathsea/kpathsea.h... no
configure: error: please install the kpathsea development package
Command failed: cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/dvisvgm-
09e240ea/work/dvisvgm-3.6" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-
silent-rules
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to configure dvisvgm: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build
/dvisvgm-09e240ea/work/dvisvgm-3.6/config.log
Error: Failed to configure dvisvgm: configure failure: command execution
failed
}}}
`/opt/local/var/macports/build/dvisvgm-
09e240ea/work/dvisvgm-3.6/config.log` contains:
{{{
631 configure:19840: result: no
632 configure:19845: error: please install the kpathsea development
package
633
634 ## ---------------- ##
635 ## Cache variables. ##
636 ## ---------------- ##
}}}
--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/74035>
MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/>
Ports system for macOS
More information about the macports-tickets
mailing list