macports 2.3.4 upgrade fails with xz configuration failure

[betrussell23@…]

Trying to upgrade macports (2.3.4). Upgrade fails with xz configuration failure. Error log as follows,

checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 accepts -Wmissing-noreturn... yes
checking if /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 accepts -Wredundant-decls... yes

checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Doxyfile
dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libncurses.5.dylib
  Referenced from: /opt/local/lib/libreadline.6.dylib
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
	/usr/lib/libncurses.5.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
sed: stdout: Broken pipe
./config.status: line 1446: 26632 Done(1)                 eval sed \"\$ac_sed_extra\" "$ac_file_inputs"
     26633 Trace/BPT trap          | $AWK -f "$ac_tmp/subs.awk" > $ac_tmp/out
config.status: error: could not create Doxyfile
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_xz/xz/work/xz-5.2.2" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/local --with-libintl-prefix=/opt/local --enable-lzma-links
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to configure xz, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_xz/xz/work/xz-5.2.2/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port xz returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Warning: targets not executed for xz: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Please see the log file for port xz for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_archivers_xz/xz/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port xz failed

[betrussell23@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

You need to upgrade readline first. See ProblemHotlist#ncurses6.