php4 freetype2 not found during install

[an0nym@…]

$ sudo port install freetype php4 +no_web
--->  Computing dependencies for freetype
--->  Cleaning freetype
--->  Computing dependencies for php4
--->  Configuring php4
Error: Failed to configure php4, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_php4/php4/work/php-4.4.9/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port php4 returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port php4 for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_php4/php4/main.log
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Error: Processing of port php4 failed

$ tail -n13 /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_php4/php4/main.log 
:info:configure If configure fails try --with-xpm-dir=<DIR>
:info:configure configure: error: freetype2 not found!
:info:configure Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_php4/php4/work/php-4.4.9" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --includedir=/opt/local/include/php4 --libdir=/opt/local/lib/php4 --sysconfdir=/opt/local/etc/php4 --with-config-file-path=/opt/local/etc/php4 --with-config-file-scan-dir=/opt/local/var/db/php4 --with-pear=/opt/local/lib/php4 --program-suffix=4 --enable-mbstring --enable-dbx --enable-safe-mode --enable-dba --enable-calendar --enable-exif --enable-ftp --enable-wddx --enable-filepro --enable-bcmath --enable-cli --with-xml --with-xmlrpc --without-mysql --with-iconv=/opt/local --with-zlib=/opt/local --with-gettext=/opt/local --with-expat-dir=/opt/local --with-dom=/opt/local --with-openssl=/opt/local --with-mhash=/opt/local --with-mcrypt=/opt/local --with-mime-magic --with-curl=/opt/local --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/opt/local --with-png-dir=/opt/local --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-freetype-dir=/opt/local --with-ldap=/usr --with-kerberos=/usr --with-iodbc=/usr 
:info:configure Exit code: 1
:error:configure Failed to configure php4, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_php4/php4/work/php-4.4.9/config.log
:error:configure org.macports.configure for port php4 returned: configure failure: command execution failed
:debug:configure Error code: NONE
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: command execution failed
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: targets not executed for php4: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:notice:configure Please see the log file for port php4 for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_php4/php4/main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Same situation as for php52 in #41864. I'm not in a rush to fix this since php 4 has been ​end-of-life for over 5 years.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #45586.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

php4 was marked obsolete in 2019 and removed in 2020.