Bug 728218 – net-libs/neon-0.31.1 fails src_configure with binutils-config[-native-symlinks] ( error: could not find ar tool )

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Kent Fredric (IRC: kent\n) (RETIRED) 2020-06-14 11:48:07 UTC]

Created attachment 644624 [details]
config.log

* Package:    net-libs/neon-0.31.1
 * Repository: gentoo
 * Maintainer: [e-mail] [e-mail]
 * USE:        abi_x86_32 abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux nls ssl userland_GNU zlib
 * FEATURES:   ccache compressdebug network-sandbox preserve-libs sandbox splitdebug userpriv usersandbox

 * abi_x86_32.x86: running multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure
...
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking size of time_t... 4
checking how to print time_t... ld
checking for pid_t... yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar... no
checking for ar... no
configure: error: could not find ar tool

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/neon-0.31.1/work/neon-0.31.1-abi_x86_32.x86/config.log
 * ERROR: net-libs/neon-0.31.1::gentoo failed (configure phase):
 *   econf failed
 * 
 * 
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line  125:  Called src_configure
 *             environment, line 2113:  Called multilib-minimal_src_configure
 *             environment, line 1464:  Called multilib_foreach_abi 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure'
 *             environment, line 1697:  Called multibuild_foreach_variant '_multilib_multibuild_wrapper' 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure'
 *             environment, line 1394:  Called _multibuild_run '_multilib_multibuild_wrapper' 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure'
 *             environment, line 1392:  Called _multilib_multibuild_wrapper 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure'
 *             environment, line  517:  Called multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure
 *             environment, line 1458:  Called multilib_src_configure
 *             environment, line 1934:  Called econf '--enable-shared' '--without-gssapi' '--without-libproxy' '--enable-nls' '--without-pakchois' '--disable-static' '--with-zlib' '--enable-threadsafe-ssl=posix' '--with-libxml2' '--with-ssl=openssl'
 *        phase-helpers.sh, line  681:  Called __helpers_die 'econf failed'
 *   isolated-functions.sh, line  112:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *              die "$@"

[Comment 1 Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) 2020-06-14 11:59:10 UTC]

Created attachment 644626 [details, diff]
neon-0.31.1-AR.patch

neon-0.31.1-AR.patch should probably be enough.

[Comment 2 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis 2022-02-02 06:04:10 UTC]

https://github.com/notroj/neon/issues/28
https://github.com/notroj/neon/commit/c5c606c50bc08895acc6bd793f4b184f11450288
https://github.com/notroj/neon/commit/8983501c037c8d05258acf82bba741ca411d149b

Fixed in Neon >=0.31.2.