Singular build failure on OS X 10.4 when directory name is long

[jdemeyer]

When building Sage within a directory with a long name, singular fails to build on OS X 10.4. For example:

$ pwd
/Users/jdemeyer/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-sage-4.8

This problem was discovered by the newly added "moufang" (UGent) buildbot.

This is because of a problem with src/factory/configure and is fixed by generating configure with a more recent autoconf version.

Reported upstream: http://www.singular.uni-kl.de:8002/trac/ticket/399

spkg: http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/jdemeyer/spkg/singular-3-1-3-3.p4.spkg

Upstream: Fixed upstream, but not in a stable release.

CC: @malb @kcrisman

Component: packages: standard

Author: Jeroen Demeyer

Reviewer: Karl-Dieter Crisman

Merged: sage-5.0.beta0

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/12304

[jdemeyer]

Upstream: Reported upstream. Little or no feedback.

[jdemeyer]

Description changed:

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 This problem was discovered by the newly added "moufang" (UGent) buildbot.
 
 This is because of a problem with `src/factory/configure` and is fixed by generating `configure` with a more recent `autoconf` version.
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+Reported upstream: [http://www.singular.uni-kl.de:8002/trac/ticket/399](http://www.singular.uni-kl.de:8002/trac/ticket/399)
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+**spkg**: [http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/jdemeyer/spkg/singular-3-1-3-3.p4.spkg](http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/jdemeyer/spkg/singular-3-1-3-3.p4.spkg)

[kcrisman]

comment:3

So do you think this is the problem I had? After all, names with prealpha in them are longer than those with alpha in them...

[jdemeyer]

comment:4

Replying to @kcrisman:

So do you think this is the problem I had?

The new spkg fixes a problem, but I don't know if this caused your build failure. Just try the new spkg here and let me know whether it works...

[jdemeyer]

comment:5

Replying to @kcrisman:

So do you think this is the problem I had?

No, I reproduced your problem. It has nothing to do with Singular, it is caused by #11073. Can you copy the file spkg/bin/testcc.sh to local/bin/testcc.sh and try building again? This file was moved in #11073.

[jdemeyer]

Changed upstream from Reported upstream. Little or no feedback. to Fixed upstream, but not in a stable release.

[kcrisman]

comment:7

So do you think this is the problem I had?

No, I reproduced your problem. It has nothing to do with Singular, it is caused by #11073. Can you copy the file spkg/bin/testcc.sh to local/bin/testcc.sh and try building again? This file was moved in #11073.

I finally was able to get Xcode for one of my old home computers with similar specs, and building 5.0.beta0 went fine (which has the full #11073, including the cp to local/bin). Still checking on my work computer but no problems in Singular thus far.

[kcrisman]

comment:8

I can try to build Sage with a really long directory name if you'd like to test this ticket. How long will it have to be?