[MacPorts] #44319: mutt-devel failed to build while patching pager.c

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#44319: mutt-devel failed to build while patching pager.c
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  Reporter:  jchauvel@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  mutt-devel  |
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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 jchauvel, your issue stems from the patch-1.5.21-6.2.debian.sidebar.diff
 patch used in the +sidebar variant.

 tristan, your issue stems from the patch-1.5.21.rr.compressed.gz patch
 which is used in the +compressed variant.

 Unfortunately the mutt-devel port has very many variants, many of which
 patch the software, and these patches need to updated every time the
 software is updated. Sometimes new patches for each feature are not
 available at the time that the port is updated, so the variants will fail
 until such a time as new patches are released by their developers and we
 update the port again. Or it could be that we just forgot to check if new
 patches for each variant were available when we updated mutt-devel to
 1.5.23 in r121993.

 mutt-devel takes way too long for one of us to update to newer versions,
 for the aforementioned reasons. I've started and then given up on mutt-
 devel updates before, because it was too frustrating. It would be better
 if all features were in the mutt source code and could be enabled and
 disabled with configure arguments, like other software packages use. Or a
 plugin architecture could be developed. It would help us greatly if
 someone would open a dialog with the developers of mutt and see what can
 be done about this situation.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44319#comment:4>
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