#27891: Unable to install OpenJDK6 on PowerPC ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: zoltan.orosz@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: openjdk, powerpc | Port: openjdk6 ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * cc: ryandesign@… (added) Comment: Your macports.conf file incorrectly contains the line "build_arch powerpc"; there was a bug in the MacPorts installer that inserted this incorrect value into the macports.conf on PowerPC machines. The line should read "build_arch ppc"; just change that line in the file to fix the problem. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27891#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#27891: openjdk6: Cannot install openjdk6 for the arch(s) 'powerpc' ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: zoltan.orosz@… | Owner: landonf@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: powerpc | Port: openjdk6 ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * keywords: openjdk, powerpc => powerpc * owner: macports-tickets@… => landonf@… Comment: I've now actually sat down at a Power Mac running Leopard, and I see you're correct: I see the same problem. This problem was previously [http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail /macports-dev/2010-December/013397.html brought up on the mailing list], where fixing the build_arch in macports.conf was suggested (and there was no follow-up to indicate that didn't work), however that appears not to be the whole story. The problem relates to the line in the portfile that reads "supported_archs i386 x86_64", which means the port is not expected to work on PowerPC systems. I'm not sure if that line is accurate, though, since further down in the portfile there is special-case code for the ppc architecture. Possibly the port will work on ppc, if this line is removed from the portfile (or changed to include the ppc architecture in the list). Certainly, it is bizarre that, in the presence of that line, MacPorts doesn't produce a sensible error message to the effect that the port cannot be used on this architecture, but instead tries to build for an architecture that is not a valid architecture at all. That is a bug in MacPorts base that needs to be investigated. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27891#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#27891: openjdk6: Cannot install openjdk6 for the arch(s) 'powerpc' -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: zoltan.orosz@… | Owner: landonf@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: powerpc Port: openjdk6 | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Comment(by zoltan.orosz@…): Replying to [comment:4 jmr@…]:

Fixed, r74926. What's happening is that get_canonical_archs falls back to os.arch (mainly for labelling archives). Trunk has a better error message.

I fixed it the same way in my local portfile, but the build didn't succeed, because the openjdk6_bootstrap binaries are i386 only (I tried symlinking my system java files, but then it failed with complaints about trying to compile openjdk6 with java5). Should I open a new ticket for this or keep this one open? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27891#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS