Newbie ncursesw problem - can't install apache2

[John Korchok]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:ryandesign at macports.org] 
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:21 PM
> To: Baron Fujimoto; John Korchok
> Cc: macports-users at lists.macosforge.org
> Subject: Re: Newbie ncursesw problem - can't install apache2
> 
> > On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, John Korchok wrote:
> >
> > : I am trying to install apache2 on an Intel Mac, but when 
> it tries to 
> > build
> > : ncursesw I always get:
> > :
> > : ---> Building ncursesw with target all
> > : Error: Target com.apple.build returned: shell command "cd
> > : "/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/
> > _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync
> > : darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports_devel_ncursesw/work/ncurses-5.5"  
> > && make
> > : all" returned error 2
> > : Command output: cd man && make DESTDIR="" all
> > : make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> > : cd include && make DESTDIR="" all
> > : make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> > : cd ncurses && make DESTDIR="" all
> > : gawk -f ./tinfo/MKnames.awk ./../include/Caps
> > : make[1]: *** [codes.c] Illegal instruction
> > : make: *** [all] Error 2
> > :
> > : Error: The following dependencies failed to build: ncursesw
> > : Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> > :
> > : I've tried all the usual clean -all installed and finally 
> > uninstalled
> > : everything to start over, but I'm still getting this report. Any 
> > ideas?
> 
> John, I don't know what to tell you. ncursesw 5.5 (+universal, as it
> happens) built find for me (with MacPorts 1.5 from trunk) on 
> my MacBook Pro. Which Intel Mac do you have? Is your OS up-to-date?

It's a Single Core Mac Mini, one year old. The OS is completely up-to date.
I tried sudo port sync and for a minute I thought it was going to work:

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Server02:~ server$ sudo port install ncursesw
Password:
Portfile changed since last build; discarding previous state.
---> Fetching ncursesw
---> Attempting to fetch ncurses-5.6.tar.gz from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses
---> Verifying checksum(s) for ncursesw
---> Extracting ncursesw
---> Applying patches to ncursesw
---> Configuring ncursesw
---> Building ncursesw with target all
Error: Target com.apple.build returned: shell command "cd
"/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/_opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync
darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports_devel_ncursesw/work/ncurses-5.6" && make
all" returned error 2
Command output: }
END {
if (pass == 1) {
print maxkey;
} else if (pass == 4) {
print "";
printf "#define ";
print_cols("KEY_MAX", 16);
result = sprintf (octal_fmt, key_max);
print_cols(result, 16);
printf "/* Maximum key value is ";
printf octal_fmt, maxkey;
print " */";
}
}
' >$output <$data
sh -c 'if test "cchar_t" = "cchar_t" ; then cat ./curses.wide >>curses.h ;
fi'
cat ./curses.tail >>curses.h
sh ./MKhashsize.sh ./Caps >hashsize.h
AWK=gawk sh ./MKncurses_def.sh ./ncurses_defs >ncurses_def.h
AWK=gawk sh ./MKparametrized.sh ./Caps >parametrized.h
/MKparametrized.sh: line 61: 25116 Illegal instruction ${AWK-awk} '
$3 != "str" {next;}
$1 ~ /^acs_/ {print "-1,\t/* ", $2, " */"; count++; next;}
$0 ~ /#[0-9]/ {print "1,\t/* ", $2, " */"; count++; next;}
{print "0,\t/* ", $2, " */"; count++;}
END {printf("} /* %d entries */;\n\n", count);}
' <$CAPS
make[1]: *** [parametrized.h] Error 132
make: *** [all] Error 2

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

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I am out of my depth trying to troubleshoot this. To be honest, I am using
MacPorts to avoid this kind of thing, but it really seems like the best
policy is once you get a working system, don't upgrade it, cause something
breaks every time.

John Korchok