Fontforge failed to build on 10.8

[diaiaiaz]

Fontforge fails to build with the following message:

checking whether we are cross compiling... configure: error: in /private/tmp/fontforge-rFy0/fontforge-20120731-b': configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use--host'.

Full info:
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/10995098

thanks,

[mistydemeo]

dyld: Library not loaded: @@HOMEBREW_PREFIX@@/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib
Referenced from: /private/tmp/fontforge-rFy0/fontforge-20120731-b/./conftest
Reason: image not found
./configure: line 2739: 6454 Trace/BPT trap: 5 ./conftest$ac_cv_exeext

Looks like the dylib install name rewriting failed for libintl.

Can you post the output of otool -L /usr/bin/install_name_tool, lipo -info /usr/bin/install_name_tool, and ls -l /usr/bin/install_name_tool?

[diaiaiaz]

Hi Misty,

Here's the output —

otool -L /usr/bin/install_name_tool /usr/bin/install_name_tool:
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1197.1.1)

lipo -info /usr/bin/install_name_tool:
Non-fat file: /usr/bin/install_name_tool is architecture: x86_64

ls -l /usr/bin/install_name_tool:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 135664 17 Apr 12:45 /usr/bin/install_name_tool

Thanks!

[xiaodao001]

I encountered the same problem, i don't know how to fix.

[mistydemeo]

@xiaodao001 Please post the same output as @diaiaiaz.

@diaiaiaz Can you also post the verbose output of brew reinstall gettext?

[diaiaiaz]

@mistydemeo

brew reinstall gettext:
==> Reinstalling gettext
==> Downloading http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gettext/gettext-0.18.3.2.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.3.2 --with-included-gett
==> make
==> make install
==> Caveats
This formula is keg-only, so it was not symlinked into /usr/local.

OS X provides the BSD gettext library and some software gets confused if both are in the library path.

Generally there are no consequences of this for you. If you build your
own software and it requires this formula, you'll need to add to your
build variables:

LDFLAGS:  -L/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib
CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/gettext/include

==> Summary
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.3.2: 1837 files, 20M, built in 6.1 minutes

Thanks!

[mistydemeo]

@diaiaiaz Try installing fontforge again.

[adamv]

Closing due to no response; suggest brew update and try again.

[daimingyang123]

@mistydemeo I did what you said,and the result is the same as @diaiaiaz .Then i try to install fontforge again,but failed