Failure to build libsndfile

[Dave Horsfall]

On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> > Doing my weekly "port upgrade outdated", it fell over when building 
> > "flac" (whatever that is):
> 
> Note that it failed at libsndfile, not flac.

Oops...

[...]

> > Is there some reason why my local mirror is out of date?
> 
> 
> The mirror isn't out of date. MacPorts should never have attempted to 
> fetch the patch from the mirror, because the patch should already have 
> been in the files directory:
> 
> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/audio/libsndfile/files/patch-Wvla.diff
> 
> Why isn't it there on your system?

I have no idea; you tell me...

My schedule is: Sunday I "port -u uninstall" to clean out old versions, 
then Monday I "port selfupdate" which tells me to run "port upgrade 
outdated" (and sometimes offers to clean up some space).  I do not 
otherwise fiddle with MacPorts, because I do not know enough to do so (I 
know my limits).  Therefore, any problem could only have been introduced 
my MacPorts itself...

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."