[MacPorts] #18553: 'sudo port install gimp' hangs indefinitely

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#18553: 'sudo port install gimp' hangs indefinitely
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 Reporter:  kevin.h.kahl@…          |       Owner:  devans@…           
     Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:  Port Bugs          
Component:  ports                   |     Version:  1.7.0              
 Keywords:                          |        Port:  gimp               
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Comment(by kevin.h.kahl@…):

 Success. Please close / resolve this ticket.

 The order of installation recommended above was successful. Thank you,
 devans, for the suggested order of installation. Usable progress was
 reported throughout each stage and at no time did the system appear to be
 hung. I hope that this commentary helps others in the future. Each stage
 did indeed take time, and the overall process consumed much of a day.
 However, after completing the first three installation steps, the command
 "sudo port install gimp" almost immediately began reporting progress and
 was ultimately successful.

 I wholeheartedly support the other comments in this discussion that
 suggest ways to make to dependency traversal more efficient. I have
 installed Gimp under several other environments (both binary: Debian
 Linux, Fedora/Red Hat Linux, and build-from-source: Gentoo/emerge/portage)
 and never before experienced anything like what I reported in the initial
 ticket description.

 Thank you for hosting this "non-bug" discussion and for providing
 meaningful and useful suggestions and support. Please keep up the good
 work!

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