port install of xemacs fails due to failure to install Xaw3d

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Tue Jan 31 05:43:09 UTC 2023


On Nov 20, 2022, at 23:39, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> 
> Here's a fresh install log for Xaw3d (attached compressed)
> 
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 6:51 PM Kenneth Wolcott
> <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ryan;
>> 
>> /opt/local/bin/xz --version
>> xz (XZ Utils) 5.2.7
>> liblzma 5.2.7
>> 
>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 4:51 PM Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Nov 14, 2022, at 16:22, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
>>> 
>>>> This appears to be a common problem with several MacPorts install attempts.
>>>> 
>>>> How do I install xemacs?
>>>> 
>>>> excerpt...
>>>> --->  Extracting Xaw3d
>>>> --->  Extracting libXaw3d-1.6.4.tar.xz
>>>> Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_Xaw3d/Xaw3d/work"
>>>> && /opt/local/bin/xz -dc
>>>> '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/Xaw3d/libXaw3d-1.6.4.tar.xz' |
>>>> /usr/bin/tar -xf -
>>>> Command failed:  cd
>>>> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_x11_Xaw3d/Xaw3d/work"
>>>> && /opt/local/bin/xz -dc
>>>> '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/Xaw3d/libXaw3d-1.6.4.tar.xz' |
>>>> /usr/bin/tar -xf -
>>>> Killed by signal: 9
>>>> Error: Failed to extract Xaw3d: command execution failed
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure what that would fail at that point.
>>> 
>>> Does the /opt/local/bin/xz command work otherwise? Does "/opt/local/bin/xz --version" give a sensible answer for example?
>>> 
> <Xaw3d_main.log.bz2>

Failure to extract in trace mode on Ventura is:

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/66358

Workaround: don't use trace mode



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