macports gramps geneology build Universal binary

 

Installing macports pkg manager for macos 11.5.2

• Install port 
• edit macports.conf; uncomment the universal_archs line

sudo nano /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf

sudo port install gramps +universal

try this instead 

sudo port -s install gramps +universal 

result:

--->  Configuring m4

Error: Failed to configure m4: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_m4/m4/work/m4-1.4.19/config.log

Error: Failed to configure m4: configure failure: command execution failed

Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_m4/m4/main.log for details.

Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.

Error: Processing of port gramps failed

 

known issue

#62991    m4 @1.4.19+universal: configure: error:

 

sudo port clean m4 

sudo port install gramps

result:

--->  Configuring db53

Error: Failed to configure db53: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_databases_db53/db53/work/db-5.3.28/build_unix/config.log

Error: Failed to configure db53: configure failure: command execution failed

Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_databases_db53/db53/main.log for details.

Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.

Error: Processing of port gramps failed

--->  Some of the ports you installed have notes:

  gawk has the following notes:

    readline support has been removed from gawk. If you need to run gawk interactively, install rlwrap:

    

    sudo port install rlwrap

    

    and run gawk using rlwrap:

    

    rlwrap gawk ...

db53 report filed

#63400    Error: Processing of port db53 failed

Check:

/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_m4/m4/work/m4-1.4.19/config.log

$xcodebuild -showsdks

Nice Table of Xcode and macos versions

https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode/

Update needed after OS upgrade

sudo xcode-select --install

Big Sur problem builds

broken ports