can't run "port clean --work --archive all" during upgrade to snow leopard

[steve.powell@…]

I get

Error: Unable to open port: can't read "configure.ld_archflags": no such variable Before reporting a bug, first run the command again with the -d flag to get complete output.

as per ticket Ticket #23266 and Ticket #23265.

However, I'm not installing anything; nor will the single line fix in p5-locale-gettext be enough. I see several references to the variable configure.ld_archflags in the portfiles on my system

16:18:02 /opt/local : grep -r "configure.ld_archflags" .
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/aqua/qt4-mac/Portfile:if {[info exists configure.ld_archflags]} {
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/aqua/qt4-mac/Portfile:    configure.ld_archflags
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/aqua/qt4-mac-devel/Portfile:if {[info exists configure.ld_archflags]} {
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/aqua/qt4-mac-devel/Portfile:    configure.ld_archflags
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/git-core/Portfile:set LDFLAGS    "-L${prefix}/lib ${configure.ld_archflags}"
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/readline/Portfile:} elseif {![info exists configure.ld_archflags]} {
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/python31/Portfile:    if {[info exists configure.ld_archflags]} {
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/python31/Portfile:        configure.ld_archflags
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/slang2/Portfile:if {![info exists configure.ld_archflags] && ![variant_isset universal]} {
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/sysutils/MacPorts/Portfile:if {[info exists configure.ld_archflags]} {
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/sysutils/MacPorts/Portfile:    configure.ld_archflags
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/x11/mesa/Portfile:    if {![info exists configure.ld_archflags]} {
./var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/x11/mesa/Portfile:        set extra_ldflags ${configure.ld_archflags}

and I can't modify them all!

The fix in r62661 only 'fixes' on eoccurrence (and not very wel).

Please ensure that the variable (make variable?) configure.ld_archflags is defined for all portfile uses -- apparently it isn't anymore.....

[macsforever2000@…]

Duplicate of #23265.

[steve.powell@…]

Please explain why this is a duplicate. I referenced that ticket in my text and I'm doing something quite different.