[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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Comment (by jmr@…):

 Replying to [comment:6 ryandesign@…]:
 > 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...

 Yeah, not really, short of patching autoconf and autoreconfing
 ''everything''.

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