[MacPorts] #33264: p5.12-xml-parser doesn't respect build_arch (was: p5.12-xml-parser claims to be i386 but is not)

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#33264: p5.12-xml-parser doesn't respect build_arch
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 Reporter:  jhkoivis@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports               |     Version:  2.0.3                                
 Keywords:                      |        Port:  p5.12-xml-parser                     
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

  * keywords:  architechture build_arch i386 x86_64 snow_leopard migration
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Comment:

 The main perl ports were recently fixed to no longer include `-arch` flags
 in their installed files. See #24779. I would guess this is responsible
 for p5.12-xml-parser and perhaps (all?) other p5 ports not using `-arch`
 flags. If this indeed affects many (all?) p5 ports then the perl5
 portgroup would be the right place to fix this. Probably adding
 `[get_canonical_archflags]` to CFLAGS/CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS, or to CC/CXX,
 would be the fix.

 I do not however understand why you want to build for i386 on a machine
 that is fully capable of running 64-bit software. The only thing some
 early 64-bit Macs couldn't do was boot to the 64-bit kernel, however this
 has no bearing whatsoever on your ability to run 64-bit userspace
 software. Running 64-bit Intel software should be faster than running
 32-bit Intel software because 64-bit Intel software has access to more
 registers.

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