[MacPorts] #48654: Failed to configure texinfo

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#48654: Failed to configure texinfo
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  Reporter:  tim@…    |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:  2.3.3
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
      Port:  texinfo  |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: jmr@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:5 braumann@…]:
 > For me upgrading readline first resolved the problem.

 Ok good. Unfortunately I'm not sure we have a way of preventing this
 problem in MacPorts, since texinfo doesn't actually declare a dependency
 on gawk and we don't particularly want to add one because the awk in OS X
 should be sufficient. The problem is that autoconf, which is used by
 texinfo and which I estimate is the most popular configuration system
 among those used by ports, checks first if gawk exists, and only if it
 does not does it fall back to using awk, hence a "broken" gawk will
 interfere with many many ports' builds. The only possible solution I can
 think of is enabling trace mode by default, which is something we've been
 considering. Cc'ing Josh in case he can think of another way...

 > Own software previously relying on libncurses.5.dylib was requiring
 rebuilds.

 Certainly.

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