libiconv activation error during pdftk build

[snafroth@…]

10.5.6, did a selfupdate

sudo ports install pdftk gives me

--->  Installing libiconv @1.12_2
--->  Activating libiconv @1.12_2
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.4.0.dylib already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port libiconv.
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gcc42 libiconv mpfr lzmautils
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[snafroth@…]

finally deleted libiconf and did a new install. this step works now.

but

---> Configuring gcc42 ---> Building gcc42

will hang for hours now...:-(

[macsforever2000@…]

That's to be expected. It can take a very long time to build gcc42.

[snafroth@…]

ok, i will leave this on over night (latest mavbook pro with 6 gigs of ram). read some news that gcc42 will fail because it´s kind of outdated.

will report tomorrow morning

thanks for your help so far!

[ryandesign@…]

It takes about an hour to build gcc42 on my MacBook Pro. You could also try the newer gcc43 or gcc44 ports.

[snafroth@…]

I will see tomorrow. Any hints howw to change the gcc version requested by pdftk?

Thanks again

[ryandesign@…]

Ah, right, you were trying to build pdftk. Unfortunately pdftk cannot use a gcc newer than 4.2.x; see #15420.

[anonymous]

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