[MacPorts] #31256: ctags 5.8 creates improper tags file when compiled on OS X Lion

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#31256: ctags 5.8 creates improper tags file when compiled on OS X Lion
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 Reporter:  echosa@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal            |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports             |     Version:  2.0.3                                
 Keywords:  ctags lion        |        Port:                                       
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 So, as the summary says, ctags 5.8 creates improper tags files when
 compiled on OS X Lion using the Lion .dmg macports install. However, on
 Snow Leopard, compiled with the Snow Leopard version of macports, the
 created tags files are correct. The Lion-compiled ctags binary has the
 same issues on Snow Leopard, and the Snow Leopard-compiled binary works
 fine on Lion. (So right now, I'm just using a ctags binary compiled on
 Snow Leopard to get my work done on Lion.)

 Here's the command I'm running from my project's root directory:

 /opt/local/bin/ctags -e -f /path/to/TAGS -R --tag-relative=yes --totals=no
 --langmap=php:.php --exclude=.svn --PHP-kinds=+cf .

 I'm running this on a PHP project, obviously. Also, you'll notice the -e
 flag, making the TAGS file etags compatible.

 A proper etags reference should basically be of the format:

 <file>,<size of tag entry>
 <tag information>

 A TAGS file will contain many of these.

 Here's an example of what the ctags compiled with Snow Leopard is
 (properly) generating.

 ../../../Volumes/webdev/biosafety/trunk/application/Bootstrap.php,78
 class Bootstrap extends
 Zend_Application_Bootstrap_BootstrapBootstrap33,719
 (... extra lines here for the rest of this tag's information ...)

 The important thing here is the path at the beginning.

 The ctags compiled on Lion, however, doesn't always have this proper
 format. Sometimes the path will be /var/some/temp/path/somewhere or, more
 often, will be nonexistent, like this:

 ,78
 class Bootstrap extends
 Zend_Application_Bootstrap_BootstrapBootstrap33,719
 (... extra lines here for the rest of this tag's information ...)

 Notice there is no file reference before the first comma. Note that not
 all of the tags references are bad. Some are proper, a few have paths to
 /var/somewhere, but the rest have no file reference at all.

 FYI, the way I'm viewing these TAGS files is by loading them in emacs with
 visit-tags-table and switching to their buffer, which allows them to be
 seen in plain text.

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