On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM John H Palmieri <jhpalmier...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems that the most recent version of patch in homebrew no longer > provides automatic access to a binary "patch" (which I think it used to > do); instead it says > > If you need to use it as "patch", you can add a "gnubin" directory > to your PATH from your bashrc like: > > PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/gpatch/libexec/gnubin:$PATH" > > If I make that change to PATH, then I see > > % patch --version > GNU patch 2.8 > Copyright 1989-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > Copyright 1984-1988 Larry Wall > > but Sage doesn't find it and insists on building its own patch. The > top-level config.log file shows that this directory is in PATH, but it says > > ## ------------------------------------------------------ ## > ## Checking whether SageMath should install SPKG patch... ## > ## ------------------------------------------------------ ## > real_configure:46409: checking for GNU patch >= 2.7.0 > real_configure:46495: result: > real_configure:46521: no suitable system package found for SPKG patch > the macro in spkg-configure doesn't correctly check that 2.8 >= 2.7.0 because it does not match only 2 numeric fields. e.g. $ patch --version | sed -n -e 's/GNU patch *\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)/\1/p' 2.7.6.211-86ac $ $ echo "GNU patch 2.8"| sed -n -e 's/GNU patch *\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)/\1/p' # no output! $ $ echo "GNU patch 2.8.42 "| sed -n -e 's/GNU patch *\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)/\1/p' 2.8.42 This ought to be fixed. See https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/39941 Dima > > On Monday, April 14, 2025 at 10:22:53 AM UTC-7 dim...@gmail.com wrote: > >> While you can download the tarfile from >> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.7.6.tar.gz into upstream/ >> it's more economic to use Homebrew for patch, and many more dependencies. >> >> PS. I gather that macOS patch is good enough nowadays, and we can use >> it, as proposed on https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/30481 >> >> On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM Jianping Pan <usapan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Dear sage dec, >> > >> > I'm trying to install sagemath on my macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 using git >> > >> > git clone --origin upstream https://github.com/sagemath/sage.git >> > >> > and I also ran ./configure Then I ran a few brew commands like >> > >> > brew install gnupg texinfo cbc igraph apaffenholz/polymake/polymake >> > >> > brew install flint gsl maxima openblas gpatch singular suite-sparse >> > >> > source /Users/jianpingpan/sage/.homebred-build-env >> > >> > >> > Then I ran make reconfigure >> > >> > However after I do make, I quickly got the error message (log file >> attached) >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] File >> "/Users/jianpingpan/sage/build/bin/../sage_bootstrap/expand_class.py", line >> 126, in apply >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] function(package_name, *args, **kwds) >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] File >> "/Users/jianpingpan/sage/build/bin/../sage_bootstrap/app.py", line 329, in >> download_with_args >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] self.download(package, allow_upstream=allow_upstream) >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] File >> "/Users/jianpingpan/sage/build/bin/../sage_bootstrap/app.py", line 315, in >> download >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] package.tarball.download(allow_upstream=allow_upstream) >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] File >> "/Users/jianpingpan/sage/build/bin/../sage_bootstrap/tarball.py", line 187, >> in download >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] raise FileNotMirroredError('tarball does not exist on >> mirror network and neither at the upstream URL') >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] sage_bootstrap.tarball.FileNotMirroredError: tarball does >> not exist on mirror network and neither at the upstream URL >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] >> ************************************************************************ >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] Error downloading tarball of patch >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] >> ************************************************************************ >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] Please email sage-devel ( >> http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel) >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] explaining the problem and including the log files >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] /Users/jianpingpan/sage/logs/pkgs/patch-2.7.6.log >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] and >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] /Users/jianpingpan/sage/config.log >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] Describe your computer, operating system, etc. >> > >> > [patch-2.7.6] >> ************************************************************************ >> > >> > make[2]: *** [patch-SAGE_LOCAL-no-deps] Error 1 >> > >> > make[1]: *** >> [/Users/jianpingpan/sage/local/var/lib/sage/installed/patch-2.7.6] Error 2 >> > >> > *************************************************************** >> > >> > Error building Sage. >> > >> > >> > The following package(s) may have failed to build (not necessarily >> > >> > during this run of 'make base-toolchain'): >> > >> > >> > * package: patch-2.7.6 >> > >> > last build time: Apr 13 08:30 >> > >> > log file: /Users/jianpingpan/sage/logs/pkgs/patch-2.7.6.log >> > >> > >> > It is safe to delete any log files and build directories, but they >> > >> > contain information that is helpful for debugging build problems. >> > >> > WARNING: If you now run 'make' again, the build directory of the >> > >> > same version of the package will, by default, be deleted. Set the >> > >> > environment variable SAGE_KEEP_BUILT_SPKGS=yes to prevent this. >> > >> > >> > make: *** [base-toolchain] Error 1 >> > >> > >> > >> > I tried the method in >> https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/_cotG4ONZeY/m/oIM0k21gCQAJ but >> still have the same issue. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "sage-devel" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to sage-devel+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/991caaca-3f97-453d-a15e-0b9dcf0e81a1n%40googlegroups.com. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/1218a0a7-f769-4eaf-8342-622e8781bcd6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/1218a0a7-f769-4eaf-8342-622e8781bcd6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. 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