Problem with a Qt application portfile

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 5, 2007, at 16:24, Linc Davis wrote:

> On Dec 5, 2007, at 12:29 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:26, Linc Davis wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to port evolvotron:
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/evolvotron
>>>
>>> It build with qmake. Works in Fink.
>>>
>>> So far, I have this:
>>>
>>> PortSystem 1.0
>>> name                evolvotron
>>> version             0.4.0
>>> categories          graphics x11
>>> platforms           darwin
>>> maintainers         nomaintainer at macports.org
>>> homepage            http://sourceforge.net/projects/evolvotron
>>> master_sites        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/evolvotron/
>>> checksums           md5 ab6f3a3247e36ca0024d3837f78bdf6b
>>> description         "Generative art" image evolver, based on Qt
>>> long_description    "Generative art" software to evolve images/ 
>>> textures/patterns through an \
>>>                     iterative process of random mutation and user- 
>>> selection driven evolution.
>>> depends_lib         port:qt3
>>> depends_build       port:graphviz port:doxygen
>>> patchfiles          patch-common.pro patch-evolvotron.pro
>>> worksrcdir          ${name}
>>> configure.args      --mandir=${prefix}/share/man
>>> destroot.destdir    INSTALL_ROOT=${destroot}
>>> configure.env       QTDIR=${prefix} INSTALLBASE=${prefix}  
>>> INSTALLPATH=${destroot}${prefix}
>>> build.env           QTDIR=${prefix} INSTALLBASE=${prefix}  
>>> INSTALLPATH=${destroot}${prefix}
>>> destroot.env        QTDIR=${prefix} INSTALLBASE=${prefix}  
>>> INSTALLPATH=${destroot}${prefix}
>>>
>>> The patches are as follows:
>>>
>>> --- common.pro.orig	2005-05-11 11:23:36.000000000 -0700
>>> +++ common.pro	2007-10-10 09:31:18.000000000 -0700
>>> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
>>>  # INSTALLPATH = /usr/local/bin
>>>  # For a personal install use something like the next line
>>>
>>> -INSTALLPATH = /home/$(USER)/bin
>>> +#INSTALLPATH = /home/$(USER)/bin
>>>
>>>  ##################
>>>  # Improved optimisation options from qmake defaults.
>>> @@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
>>>  # This probably wouldn't be usable until all the strings were  
>>> moved out of the app - see Qt I18N docs.
>>>  # Also add gcc threading option (not entirely clear whether this  
>>> is needed but it doesn't seem to hurt)
>>>
>>> -QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -pthread
>>> -QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG += -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -pthread
>>> +QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST
>>> +QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG += -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST
>>>
>>>  ######################################
>>>  # Hide those crufty moc_ files away
>>>
>>> --- evolvotron/evolvotron.pro.orig	2007-10-06 21:02:12.000000000  
>>> -0700
>>> +++ evolvotron/evolvotron.pro	2007-10-06 21:03:32.000000000 -0700
>>> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>>>
>>>  QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -I../libevolvotron
>>>  QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG   += -I../libevolvotron
>>> +QMAKE_LFLAGS_RELEASE   += -undefined dynamic_lookup
>>>
>>>  target.path = $$INSTALLPATH
>>>
>>> I get as far as this:
>>>
>>> --->  Fetching evolvotron
>>> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for evolvotron
>>> --->  Extracting evolvotron
>>> --->  Applying patches to evolvotron
>>> --->  Configuring evolvotron
>>> --->  Building evolvotron with target all
>>> --->  Staging evolvotron into destroot
>>> --->  Packaging tgz archive for evolvotron 0.4.0_0
>>>
>>> And then I get this:
>>>
>>> Error: Target org.macports.archive returned: error copying "/opt/ 
>>> local/var/macports/build/ 
>>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_local_graphics_evolvotron/ 
>>> work/.macports.evolvotron.state" to "/opt/local/var/macports/ 
>>> build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_local_graphics_evolvotron/ 
>>> work/destroot/+STATE": no such file or directory
>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>>
>>> The destroot directory appears momentarily in the work directory,  
>>> then disappears. Apparently it's being deleted just before the  
>>> tgz archive is created. I have no idea why.
>>>
>>> Passing the -d option to 'port install' has no effect on the  
>>> build output. MacPorts 1.520, Mac OS 10.4.11 PPC, Xcode 2.4.1.
>>
>> Why are you "Packaging tgz archive"?
>
> # Create and use binary archive packages for installation/ 
> reinstallation ease
>
>> Does it work if you skip that step?
>
> No:
>
> --->  Fetching evolvotron
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for evolvotron
> --->  Extracting evolvotron
> --->  Applying patches to evolvotron
> --->  Configuring evolvotron
> --->  Building evolvotron with target all
> --->  Staging evolvotron into destroot
> --->  Installing evolvotron 0.4.0_0
> couldn't change working directory to "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_local_graphics_evolvotron/work/ 
> destroot": no such file or directory
> --->  Activating evolvotron 0.4.0_0

Ok, so I've seen something like that before, when the port didn't  
install any files at all into the destroot and the destroot got  
pruned. Perhaps everything is getting installed directly to ${prefix}  
and bypassing the destroot (which should obviously be fixed, but  
which would explain the error).