wxMaxima fails to install

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 8, 2009, at 12:44, Jerry wrote:

> wxMaxima failed to install on my Powerbook, 10.4.11, while  
> attempting a universal build. Below is the installation log  
> followed by the crash report.

[snip]

> Fetching gettext
> Attempting to fetch gettext-0.17.tar.gz from http:// 
> mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gettext
> Verifying checksum(s) for gettext
> Extracting gettext
> Applying patches to gettext
> Configuring gettext
> Building gettext
> Staging gettext into destroot
> Installing gettext @0.17_3+universal
> Activating gettext @0.17_3+universal
> Cleaning gettext

[snip]

> Fetching recode
> Attempting to fetch recode-3.6.tar.gz from http:// 
> mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/recode
> Verifying checksum(s) for recode
> Extracting recode
> Applying patches to recode
> Configuring recode
> Building recode
> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/ 
> local/var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textp 
> roc_recode/work/recode-3.6" && make all " returned error 2

[snip]

> /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link /usr/bin/gcc-4.0  -O2 -isysroot / 
> Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch ppc -arch i386 -L/opt/local/ 
> lib -Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch ppc -arch  
> i386 -o recode  main.o freeze.o mixed.o librecode.la ../lib/libreco.a
> /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -O2 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk - 
> arch ppc -arch i386 -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/ 
> SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch ppc -arch i386 -o recode main.o freeze.o  
> mixed.o .libs/librecode.a ../lib/libreco.a
> /usr/bin/ld: for architecture i386
> /usr/bin/ld: Undefined symbols:
> _libintl_bindtextdomain
> _libintl_gettext
> _libintl_textdomain
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> /usr/bin/ld: for architecture ppc
> /usr/bin/ld: Undefined symbols:
> _libintl_bindtextdomain
> _libintl_gettext
> _libintl_textdomain
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//ccYkcFNd.out (No such file  
> or directory)
> make[2]: *** [recode] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2


[snip]

This is either a problem in the recode port (it doesn't know how to  
find the functions gettext provides) or a problem in the gettext port  
(it doesn't provide the functions recode needs). I can try to look  
into this. To start with, I filed a ticket for the problem:

http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17925