Re: macOS: WRKOBJDIR=/tmp/work causes some packages to fail to build

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost> writes:

> * On 2024-12-30 at 01:11 GMT, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
>>There's a known bug for gobject-type programs with a pkgsrc path that's
>>a symlink.   This is perhaps similar, and might be a wrapper problem.
>>
>>I'm going to avoid it by not using symlinks, but I thought I'd mention
>>it in case anyone feels like digging in to mac/symlink/wrapper trouble.
>
> buildlink / wrappers have never supported working through a symlink.
> If they are configured to look for /tmp/work and the compiler uses
> /private/tmp/work then there's no way for them to know that the
> symlink has been realpath'd.

Well, ok, but that's a bug.   At the very least wrappers when
configured should check everything and fail loudly.