graphics/png fails on FreeBSD 8.1-beta1/powerpc - is xz broken on this platform?

[Garrett Cooper]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to install the graphics/png port on my PowerMac G4, which runs
> 8.1-beta1:
> root at kg-g4# uname -a
> FreeBSD kg-g4.kg4.no 8.1-BETA1 FreeBSD 8.1-BETA1 #0: Fri May 28 04:38:56 UTC
> 2010     root at xserve.lan.xcllnt.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  powerpc
> root at kg-g4# cd /usr/ports/graphics/png
> root at kg-g4# make clean
> ===>  Cleaning for png-1.4.1_1
> root at kg-g4# make
> ===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
> ===>  License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE
> ===>  Found saved configuration for png-1.4.1_1
> ===>  Extracting for png-1.4.1_1
> => MD5 Checksum OK for libpng-1.4.1.tar.xz.
> => SHA256 Checksum OK for libpng-1.4.1.tar.xz.
> /usr/bin/xz: /usr/ports/distfiles//libpng-1.4.1.tar.xz: Compressed data is
> corrupt
> ===>  Patching for png-1.4.1_1
> ===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for png-1.4.1_1
> patch: **** can't cd to /usr/ports/graphics/png/work/libpng-1.4.1: No such
> file or directory
> => Patch patch-ac failed to apply cleanly.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/png.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/png.
> root at kg-g4# which xz
> /usr/bin/xz
> root at kg-g4# pkg_info -W xz
> root at kg-g4# xz --version
> xz (XZ Utils) 4.999.9beta
> liblzma 4.999.9beta
>
> When I try to do this on my amd64 workstation it works without problem.
> The difference is that it runs 8.0-stable:
> root at kg-v2# uname -a
> FreeBSD kg-v2.kg4.no 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #2: Sun Apr 11 19:39:02
> CEST 2010     root at kg-v2.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> and that xz is installed from a port:
> root at kg-v2# which xz
> /usr/local/bin/xz
> root at kg-v2# pkg_info -W xz
> /usr/local/bin/xz was installed by package xz-4.999.9_1
> root at kg-v2# xz --version
> xz (XZ Utils) 4.999.9beta
> liblzma 4.999.9beta
>
> What else could be wrong?
> Update: I installed xz from the port (edited IGNORE out of the Makefile),
> renamed /usr/bin/xz, and now then png port install sucessfully.

This should be fixed with src revision r209089 . It was occurring
because the little-endian generated config.h file got committed.
HTH,
-Garrett