[MacPorts] #18477: pgplot should use variant gcc42 (or higher) for ppc

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#18477: pgplot should use variant gcc42 (or higher) for ppc
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 Reporter:  davidh@…                 |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  Port Bugs                            
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.7.0                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
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 on Tiger/ppc system

 gcc 3.4.6 is terribly obsolete

 variant i386 uses gcc42, why can't the variant name be changed?
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 on Tiger/ppc system, fresh install of macports:

 david-hendersons-power-mac-g5:/ davidh$ nice sudo port install pgplot
 +gcc42 +aqt +demos +x11
 --->  Fetching aquaterm
 --->  Attempting to fetch aquaterm_src.1.0.1.tar.gz from
 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/aquaterm
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for aquaterm
 --->  Extracting aquaterm
 --->  Applying patches to aquaterm
 --->  Configuring aquaterm
 --->  Building aquaterm
 --->  Staging aquaterm into destroot
 --->  Installing aquaterm @1.0.1_4
 --->  Activating aquaterm @1.0.1_4
 --->  Cleaning aquaterm
 --->  Fetching gcc34
 --->  Attempting to fetch gcc-3.4.6.tar.bz2 from
 http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/gnu/ftp/gnu//gcc/gcc-3.4.6

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18477>
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