freetype: freetype-config differs and cannot be merged

[dscottj431@…]

Consistently getting this message. Have tried clean. Five other packages rely on freetype, so would rather not uninstall everything:

Error: org.macports.destroot for port freetype returned: freetype-config differs in /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_freetype/freetype/work/destroot-i386//opt/local/bin and /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_freetype/freetype/work/destroot-x86_64//opt/local/bin and cannot be merged
Please see the log file for port freetype for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_freetype/freetype/main.log
Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please attach the two freetype-config files so that I can see how they differ.

[dscottj431@…]

Added (XXX) to the file name. On the pc the files have the same name freetype-config

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The difference between them is:

--- freetype-config(i386)	2013-12-20 06:46:08.000000000 -0600
+++ freetype-config(x64)	2013-12-20 06:46:32.000000000 -0600
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 fi
 
 if test "$echo_libs" = "yes" ; then
-  libs="-lfreetype  -lbz2 -lpng15 "
+  libs="-lfreetype -lz -lbz2 -lpng15 "
   if test "${SYSROOT}$libdir" != "/usr/lib"  &&
      test "${SYSROOT}$libdir" != "/usr/lib64"; then
     echo -L${SYSROOT}$libdir $libs

I don't know why, and I don't see this problem on my system. Do you still see it on yours? If so, please attach the main.log; perhaps it will reveal a relevant difference between our systems.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Since we haven't seen this again in 9 years, hopefully it won't happen again.