[MacPorts] #40058: pdftk @1.44_0: add gcc48 variant

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#40058: pdftk @1.44_0: add gcc48 variant
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  Reporter:  Maurizio.Loreti@…  |      Owner:  ryandesign@…
      Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Low                |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports              |    Version:
Resolution:                     |   Keywords:
      Port:  pdftk              |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * priority:  Normal => Low


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:4 Maurizio.Loreti@…]:
 > Why not to use just "gcc" without specifying the version?

 The reason why we do not do so in general in MacPorts is described in
 detail in the wiki page UsingTheRightCompiler. We will not be changing
 this strategy.

 pdftk has a much more specific reason: it's written in Java, so it must be
 compiled with a Java compiler. Apple does not provide a Java compiler;
 only the gcc4x ports do. Also, pdftk's build has been extremely fragile in
 the years that I have maintained the port. Either the gcc Java compiler is
 unreliable, or pdftk's Java code is, to the extent that it had seemed to
 me previously that only very specific versions of gcc were able to compile
 pdftk. So I am really not exceptionally interested in adding more compiler
 variants to the mix to provide users with even more opportunities to run
 into problems. My plans for the pdftk port are to [ticket:37580 update it
 to the latest version] and to make it use a compiler that works, which I
 expect will be gcc47, since that is the current MacPorts default for
 situations when gcc4x ports must be used.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40058#comment:5>
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