[MacPorts] #13937: expat 2.0.1 build failure

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#13937: expat 2.0.1 build failure
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  Reporter:  abigatti at enphaseenergy.com  |       Owner:  ryandesign at macports.org
      Type:  defect                      |      Status:  reopened               
  Priority:  Normal                      |   Milestone:  Port Bugs              
 Component:  ports                       |     Version:  1.6.0                  
Resolution:                              |    Keywords:                         
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Changes (by grahamperrin at gmail.com):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  worksforme =>

Comment:

 I have what may be the same problem.

 Please, is Xcode a '''requirement'''?

 {{{
 imac16:~ centrimadmin$ sudo /opt/local/bin/port install wireshark
 --->  Fetching expat
 --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.0.1.tar.gz from
 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/expat
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for expat
 --->  Extracting expat
 --->  Configuring expat
 Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell
 command " cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/work/expat-2.0.1"
 && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man "
 returned error 77
 Command output: checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin9.2.2
 checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin9.2.2
 checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.0
 checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C
 compiler cannot create executables
 See `config.log' for more details.
 }}}

 Incidentally, the ''Cc Me'' button on this ticket doesn't work:

 > 404 Not Found (No handler matched request to %s)

 — I'd be grateful if you could add grahamperrin at gmail.com

 Thanks

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