macports failing on osx 10.5.8 intel

[eflister]

$ sudo port install haskell-platform
--->  Computing dependencies for ghc
--->  Configuring ghc
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: shell command failed
Log for ghc is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
Error: Unable to execute port: upgrade ghc failed
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>
erik-flisters-macbook-pro:Desktop eflister$ less /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/main.log

$ less /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/main.log

version:1
:msg:main --->  Computing dependencies for ghc:info:main .:debug:main Searching for dependency: autoconf
:debug:main Found Dependency: receipt exists for autoconf
:debug:main Searching for dependency: gmp
:debug:main Found Dependency: receipt exists for gmp
:debug:main Searching for dependency: ncursesw
:debug:main Found Dependency: receipt exists for ncursesw
:debug:main Searching for dependency: libiconv
:debug:main Found Dependency: receipt exists for libiconv
:debug:main Searching for dependency: perl5.8
:debug:main Found Dependency: receipt exists for perl5.8
:msg:main 
:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (ghc)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.fetch (ghc)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.checksum (ghc)
:debug:main setting option extract.cmd to /usr/bin/bzip2
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.extract (ghc)
:debug:main Skipping completed org.macports.patch (ghc)
:msg:main --->  Configuring ghc
:debug:main Using compiler 'Mac OS X gcc 4.0'
:debug:configure configure phase started at Sun Jul  4 20:09:35 PDT 2010
:debug:configure Executing proc-pre-org.macports.configure-configure-0
:debug:configure Executing proc-pre-org.macports.configure-configure-1
:info:configure configure.ac:1062: error: FP_CHECK_ALIGNMENT: requires literal arguments
:info:configure aclocal.m4:91: FP_CHECK_ALIGNMENT is expanded from...
:info:configure configure.ac:1062: the top level
:info:configure autom4te: /opt/local/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 1
:info:configure configure.ac:1062: error: FP_CHECK_ALIGNMENT: requires literal arguments
:info:configure aclocal.m4:91: FP_CHECK_ALIGNMENT is expanded from...
:info:configure configure.ac:1062: the top level
:info:configure autom4te: /opt/local/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 1
:info:configure autoreconf: /opt/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
:info:configure shell command "/opt/local/bin/autoreconf /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_la
ng_ghc/work/ghc-6.10.4" returned error 1
:error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: shell command failed
:debug:configure Backtrace: shell command failed
    while executing
"$pre $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: the following items did not execute (for ghc): org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure org.macports.build
:notice:configure Log for ghc is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/main.log

[eflister]

also reported here: http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25520

[shelarcy]

macports sites' ticket 25520 and related ticket are already closed.

• http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25552