port fails with can't read configure.ld_archflags

[david@…]

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DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/perl5-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: can't read "configure.ld_archflags": no such variable
    while executing
"set LDFLAGS    "-L${prefix}/lib ${configure.ld_archflags}""
    (file "Portfile" line 25)
    invoked from within
"source Portfile"
    invoked from within
"$workername eval source Portfile"
    (procedure "mportopen" line 46)
    invoked from within
"mportopen $porturl [array get options] [array get variations]"
Error: Unable to open port: can't read "configure.ld_archflags": no such variable
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

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Replying to david@…:

This just started in the last couple of days.

DEBUG: OS Platform: darwin
DEBUG: OS Version: 10.2.0
DEBUG: Mac OS X Version: 10.6
DEBUG: System Arch: i386
DEBUG: setting option os.universal_supported to yes
DEBUG: org.macports.load registered provides 'load', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.unload registered provides 'unload', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: org.macports.distfiles registered provides 'distfiles', a pre-existing procedure. Target override will not be provided
DEBUG: Using group file /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/perl5-1.0.tcl
DEBUG: can't read "configure.ld_archflags": no such variable
    while executing
"set LDFLAGS    "-L${prefix}/lib ${configure.ld_archflags}""
    (file "Portfile" line 25)
    invoked from within
"source Portfile"
    invoked from within
"$workername eval source Portfile"
    (procedure "mportopen" line 46)
    invoked from within
"mportopen $porturl [array get options] [array get variations]"
Error: Unable to open port: can't read "configure.ld_archflags": no such variable
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

In the Portfile of perl/p5-locale-gettext remove the reference to configure.ld_archflags, or set this variable to empty. This allows to upgrade glib2 on my machine. I don't know if this raw solution may break other ports.

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[macsforever2000@…]

Duplicate of #23265.