failure upgrading netpbm

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 22, 2009, at 14:29, Artemio Gonzalez Lopez wrote:

> "port upgrade netpbm" fails with several ld errors, like the following:
> 
> libopt results: ' -L/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_graphics_netpbm/work/netpbm-10.26.61/lib -lnetpbm -lpng -lz'
> Undefined symbols:
>  "_pnm_xeltopixel", referenced from:
>      _convertpnm in pnmtopng.o
> ld: symbol(s) not found
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> gnumake[2]: *** [pnmtopng] Error 1
> gnumake[1]: *** [other/all] Error 2
> gnumake: *** [converter/all] Error 2
> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_graphics_netpbm/work/netpbm-10.26.61" && /usr/bin/gnumake  messages=yes " returned error 2
> 
> I am using the latest Xcode (3.2.1) with Snow Leopard 10.6.2. Is there a known fix/workaround for this?

netpbm 10.26.61 is installed on my Snow Leopard system; not sure what's different about yours. Maybe the newer version doesn't like installing while the older version is active. Try

sudo port clean netpbm
sudo port deactivate netpbm
sudo port -d install netpbm 2>&1 | tee ~/Desktop/netpbm.txt

If it succeeds, great; delete netpbm.txt from your desktop and you're done. But if it fails again, send us that text file (you may want to compress it first) so we can investigate further.