fontconfig 2.4.2 compile woes

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 21, 2007, at 10:27, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:

> On Sat Jan 27 20:16:11 PST 2007, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> However, we need to discover if there is a real problem with the
>> fontconfig 2.4.2 portfile, and if so, we need to fix it. Has anybody
>> else been able to successfully compile fontconfig 2.4.2 on Mac OS X
>> 10.3.9? Has anybody else experienced the same problems as Ed?
>
> I experienced the same problem as Ed when I wanted to upgrade  
> fontconfig
> when port reported it as outdated:
>
> fontconfig                     2.4.2_0 < 2.4.2_1
>
>
> The package would fail to compile:
>
> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd
> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_por
> ts_graphics_fontconfig/work/fontconfig-2.4.2" && make all "  
> returned error 2
> Command output: fcaliastail.h:508:2: error: #endif without #if
> fcaliastail.h:510: error: only weak aliases are supported in this
> configuration
> [...]
> fcaliastail.h:543: error: only weak aliases are supported in this
> configuration
> fcaliastail.h:544:2: error: #endif without #if
> fcaliastail.h:545:2: error: #endif without #if
> make[3]: *** [fcatomic.lo] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>
> I eventually tracked it down to a missing dependency on libxml2:
>
> horus:/opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_graph 
> ics_fontconfig/work/fontconfig-2.4.2
> root# ./configure
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... no
> checking for mawk... no
> checking for nawk... no
> checking for awk... awk
> [...]
> checking expat.h usability... no
> checking expat.h presence... no
> checking for expat.h... no
> checking xmlparse.h usability... no
> checking xmlparse.h presence... no
> checking for xmlparse.h... no
> configure: WARNING: Cannot find usable expat library. Trying to use
> libxml2 as fallback.

[snip]

fontconfig declares a dependency on expat. I wonder why fontconfig  
doesn't think this expat is usable? I assume you do have the expat  
port installed. What happens if you forcibly uninstall and reinstall  
expat? Is fontconfig able to use expat then?

sudo port -f uninstall expat
sudo port clean --work expat
sudo port install expat
sudo port -f uninstall fontconfig
sudo port clean --work fontconfig
sudo port -dv install fontconfig

If that still doesn't work, please show me the output of "port  
contents expat" and "sudo port -dv install fontconfig"

Do you have MacPorts 1.5.20, and Mac OS X 10.3.9 with all Apple  
software updates, and Xcode 1.5?


> I searched for libxml and installed libxml2:
>
> horus:~ root# port search libxml
> p5-libxml-enno                 perl/p5-libxml-enno 1.02
> libxml-enno contains the modules XML::DOM, XML::XQL, XML::Checker and
> several other packages that are no longer distributed separately.
> p5-libxml-perl                 perl/p5-libxml-perl 0.08
> Collection of Perl modules for working with XML.
> p5-xml-libxml                  perl/p5-xml-libxml 1.63         Perl
> interface to libxml2.
> p5-xml-libxml-common           perl/p5-xml-libxml-common 0.13
> Perl extensions for common items of various XML modules.
> py-libxml2                     python/py-libxml2 2.6.21       Python
> bindings for libxml2
> py25-libxml2                   python/py25-libxml2 2.6.21       Python
> bindings for libxml2
> rb-libxml2                     ruby/rb-libxml2 0.3.6        Ruby
> bindings for libxml2
> libxml                         textproc/libxml 1.8.17       XML  
> parsing
> library
> libxml2                        textproc/libxml2 2.6.30       gnome xml
> library
> libxmldiff                     textproc/libxmldiff 0.2.5
> libxmldiff aims at providing efficient diff on XML files
> libxmlxx                       textproc/libxmlxx 1.0.5        libxml++
> is a C++ interface for working with XML files
> libxmlxx2                      textproc/libxmlxx2 2.18.1        
> libxml++
> is a C++ interface for working with XML files
>
> horus:~ root# port install libxml2
>
>
> After cleaning fontconfig it successfully build again:
>
> horus:/opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_graph 
> ics_fontconfig/work/fontconfig-2.4.2
> root# make clean
> [...]
>
> horus:~ root# port install fontconfig
> - --->  Fetching fontconfig
> - --->  Verifying checksum(s) for fontconfig
> - --->  Extracting fontconfig
> - --->  Configuring fontconfig
> - --->  Building fontconfig with target all
> - --->  Staging fontconfig into destroot
> - --->  Installing fontconfig 2.4.2_1+macosx
> - --->  Activating fontconfig 2.4.2_1+macosx
>
>
> I've updated the bug report on this issue to include what I wrote  
> above:
> http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/12251