Bug 459640 – sci-mathematics/Macaulay2-1.4-r1: fails to build with ncurses[tinfo]

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2013-02-28 06:10:47 UTC]

https://tinderboxlogs.s3.amazonaws.com/tbhs64.excelsior.flameeyes.eu/sci-mathematics%3AMacaulay2-1.4-r1%3A20130228-032402.html

Portage 2.2.0_alpha161 (hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib, gcc-4.6.3-asneeded, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.7.0-hardened x86_64)
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System uname: Linux-3.7.0-hardened-x86_64-AMD_Opteron-TM-_Processor_6272-with-gentoo-2.1
KiB Mem:    65914672 total,  15864424 free
KiB Swap:          0 total,         0 free
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:15:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22
distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled]
ccache version 3.1.8 [disabled]
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p37
dev-java/java-config:     2.1.12-r1
dev-lang/python:          2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3
dev-util/ccache:          3.1.8
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.9
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc:          0.11.8
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.5
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.6
sys-devel/binutils:       2.22-r1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.6.3
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.7.3
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4-r1
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r4
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.15-r3
Repositories: gentoo
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -ggdb -march=native -ftracer -frecord-gcc-switches"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/fax /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0 /var/lib/hsqldb /var/lib/neatx/home /var/spool/fax/etc /var/spool/munin-async/.ssh /var/yp/Makefile"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="${EPREFIX}/etc/gconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -ggdb -march=native -ftracer -frecord-gcc-switches"
DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -ggdb -march=native -frecord-gcc-switches"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fail-clean fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict test test-fail-continue unknown-features-warn unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -ggdb -march=native -frecord-gcc-switches"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.hoobly.com/ http://gentoo.llarian.net/"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j24"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp"
PORTDIR="/var/cache/tinderbox/tree"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://excelsior.flameeyes.eu/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowex acl amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt curl cxx dri ffmpeg gdbm gpm hardened iconv introspection ipv6 justify mmx modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pax_kernel pcre plasma qt3support readline semantic-desktop session sse sse2 sse3 sse4 ssl ssse3 tcpd unicode urandom vhosts zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON

[Comment 1 Felix Janda 2016-08-09 19:05:02 UTC]

This bug seems to be addressed in

https://github.com/Macaulay2/M2/commit/fa064eea13e5ea126d9812ae431189bad4ddbb6c

[Comment 2 Thomas Kahle (RETIRED) 2016-08-09 20:10:55 UTC]

(In reply to Felix Janda from comment #1)
> This bug seems to be addressed in
> 
> https://github.com/Macaulay2/M2/commit/
> fa064eea13e5ea126d9812ae431189bad4ddbb6c

Well, yes and no.  I vaguely remember that there was a right way to fix it and a wrong way to fix it.  Diego Patteno described it long time ago on his blog, or maybe gentoo-dev. I can't find it anymore.  Somehow, the solution was to depend on whether the user has split tinfo or embedded (in ncurses) tinfo.  

It semms that the patch in Macaulay2 makes it look for tgoto also in a seprate tinfo library.  So yes, maybe that's the right way to fix it.  I'm not sure.  Can you try to find flameeyes old research on this matter? Have you tested that it works now with ncurses[tinfo]?

[Comment 3 David Seifert 2016-08-09 20:27:13 UTC]

The proper fix is to use PKG_CHECK_MODULES and use the pkg-config files, anything else amounts to pure insanity, as you cannot predict how upstream ncurses will change its library package/structure, and the only way for upstream to convey such information is via .pc files.

We should just nuke the AC_SEARCH_LIBS crap and stick a PKG_CHECK_MODULES in there instead.

[Comment 4 Larry the Git Cow 2019-12-07 23:50:16 UTC]

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=e38c4220a19d1fb89f091f49c10fd0b0402773e2

commit e38c4220a19d1fb89f091f49c10fd0b0402773e2
Author:     David Seifert <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2019-12-07 23:49:08 +0000
Commit:     David Seifert <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2019-12-07 23:49:08 +0000

    profiles: Mask sci-mathematics/Macaulay2 for removal
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/345233
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/459640
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/474782
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/474784
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/474788
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/474790
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/474792
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/620942
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/631876
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/671130
    Signed-off-by: David Seifert <[e-mail]>

 profiles/package.mask | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)