#49239: "gzip: /usr/bin/gzip: unknown suffix -- ignored" error during MacPorts 2.3.4 build -------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: thecloud@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | -------------------------+-------------------------------- Old description:

Steps to reproduce:

$ export GZIP="-9" $ tar xvzf MacPorts-2.3.4.tar.gz -C /tmp/ $ cd /tmp/MacPorts-2.3.4/ $ ./configure && make

If the GZIP environment variable is set to a whitespace-separated list of options (as is documented on the man page for gzip), the configure script for MacPorts fails with this error:

configure: === extracting vendor/tcl8.5.15-src.tar.gz gzip: /usr/bin/gzip: unknown suffix -- ignored configure: error: tarball vendor/tcl8.5.15-src.tar.gz did not extract to vendor/tcl8.5.15/unix

Workaround: $ unset GZIP

Diagnosis: The configure script (incorrectly) expects that if the GZIP environment variable is set, it contains a path to the gzip binary. This directly conflicts with the documented contents of the GZIP variable, as understood by /usr/bin/gzip. Unsetting GZIP shouldn't be necessary to build MacPorts successfully, since it shouldn't overload the contents of an existing variable.

New description: Steps to reproduce: {{{ $ export GZIP="-9" $ tar xvzf MacPorts-2.3.4.tar.gz -C /tmp/ $ cd /tmp/MacPorts-2.3.4/ $ ./configure && make }}} If the GZIP environment variable is set to a whitespace-separated list of options (as is documented on the man page for gzip), the configure script for MacPorts fails with this error: {{{ configure: === extracting vendor/tcl8.5.15-src.tar.gz gzip: /usr/bin/gzip: unknown suffix -- ignored configure: error: tarball vendor/tcl8.5.15-src.tar.gz did not extract to vendor/tcl8.5.15/unix }}} Workaround: {{{ $ unset GZIP }}} Diagnosis: The configure script (incorrectly) expects that if the GZIP environment variable is set, it contains a path to the gzip binary. This directly conflicts with the documented contents of the GZIP variable, as understood by /usr/bin/gzip. Unsetting GZIP shouldn't be necessary to build MacPorts successfully, since it shouldn't overload the contents of an existing variable. -- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Duplicate of #43245 I think. This should have been fixed in r125362. You can check whether MacPorts trunk (version 2.3.99, which will one day become 2.4) fixes it; it should. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49239#comment:1> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X

#49239: "gzip: /usr/bin/gzip: unknown suffix -- ignored" error during MacPorts 2.3.4 build -------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: thecloud@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: duplicate | Keywords: Port: | -------------------------+-------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * status: new => closed * resolution: => duplicate -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49239#comment:4> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X