meson and NM

[Ken Cunningham]

> On Apr 17, 2023, at 4:43 PM, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola at libero.it> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ken!
> 
> hmm... somehow your email got garbled? It is without subject and I cannot relate.. but I think I got it.
> 
> 
> Ken Cunningham wrote:
>> meson is now more picky about unrecognized arguments.
>> 
>> This will have to be removed, and then making sure it uses the right NM might have to be done another way:
>> 
>> lt_cv_path_NM=/opt/local/bin/nm
>> 
>> 
> 
> Are you suggesting that the "classic" way I used for years:
> 
> if {${os.platform} eq "darwin" && ${os.major} < 10} {
>     depends_build-append port:cctools
>     configure.env-append NM=${prefix}/bin/nm
>     configure.args-append lt_cv_path_NM=${prefix}/bin/nm
> }
> 
> is not correct, since it adds extra arguments?

exactly. meson doesn't recognize  lt_cv_path_NM=${prefix}/bin/nm and stops the configuration.

> Indeed I was using an old Portfile, the one I "saved".
> 
> The current portfile has:
> 
> if {${os.platform} eq "darwin" && ${os.major} < 10} {
>     depends_build-append \
>                         port:cctools
>     configure.env-append \
>                         NM=${prefix}/bin/nm
> }
> 
> 

that probably works, and if so, then should be all that is needed

> I wonder if this different way needs to be propagated to many other ports or just if meson is used.

there will be an error only if meson is used. Not many ports have this addition at present, however:

% ag -G Portfile  -l lt_cv_path_NM
devel/gmp/Portfile
devel/gnutls/Portfile
net/curl/Portfile
python/py-pygtk/Portfile
python/py-pygtk-devel/Portfile
mail/libidn2/Portfile
audio/pulseaudio/Portfile
graphics/gimp2/Portfile
graphics/gimp2-devel/Portfile


> 
> pango built now, so resuming build of other stuff!
> 
> I will not file a bug, since it is already corrected. This is me trying to determine pango versions which worked. I am very confused, I have not found a specific verison pattern - as I noted in the trac ticket.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Riccardo

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