Problem with a Qt application portfile

[Linc Davis]

On Dec 5, 2007, at 3:16 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> 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).

No, nothing is installed anywhere.