libffi-3.2.1_0+universal patchfile and missing checksums

[davidpfriedlander]

Hello, I am having trouble building a universal variant of libffi (v3.2.1) on a Mavericks (10.9) machine (port version 2.3.2). The problems have to do with downloading the patch file and (even if I download the patchfile 'out of band') getting the checksums to work.

I am building "+universal" because packages that depend on libffi need it and were built with that variant, too.

port install libffi +universal
--->  Fetching archive for libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch libffi-3.2.1_0+universal.darwin_13.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch libffi-3.2.1_0+universal.darwin_13.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from http://nue.de.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch libffi-3.2.1_0+universal.darwin_13.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/libffi
--->  Fetching distfiles for libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://sea.us.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://distfiles.macports.org/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://nue.de.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/sourceware.org/pub/libffi/
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://mse.uk.distfiles.macports.org/sites/distfiles.macports.org/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/sourceware.org/libffi/
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://fco.it.distfiles.macports.org/mirrors/macports-distfiles/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://her.gr.distfiles.macports.org/mirrors/macports/mpdistfiles/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://cjj.kr.distfiles.macports.org/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://aarnet.au.distfiles.macports.org/pub/macports/mpdistfiles/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/sourceware/libffi/
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://jog.id.distfiles.macports.org/macports/mpdistfiles/libffi
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://ftp.cs.pu.edu.tw/Linux/sourceware/libffi/
--->  Attempting to fetch PR-44170.patch from http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/libffi
Error: org.macports.fetch for port libffi returned: fetch failed
Please see the log file for port libffi for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_svn.macports.org_trunk_dports_devel_libffi/libffi/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port libffi failed

OK, so it cannot find the patch. But if I download the patchfile from

​https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/45904/PR-44170.patch

and the main tar file and place them in

/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/libffi

then it fails with

port checksum libffi +universal
--->  Fetching distfiles for libffi
--->  Verifying checksums for libffi
Error: No checksum set for PR-44170.patch
Error: No checksum set for libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz
Error: org.macports.checksum for port libffi returned: Unable to verify file checksums
Please see the log file for port libffi for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_svn.macports.org_trunk_dports_devel_libffi/libffi/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port libffi failed

The Portfile has no checksum for the patch specified at all. There is one for the libffi tar file, and the checksum of the actual file matches properly.

Advice, please?

Thanks very much in advance.