[MacPorts] #54374: texlive-bin @2017_0 won't build on PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, because other characters are expected

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#54374: texlive-bin @2017_0 won't build on PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, because
other characters are expected
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  Reporter:  ballapete    |      Owner:  drkp
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.4.1
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  leopard
      Port:  texlive-bin  |
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Comment (by kencu):

 I think you're on the right track. When you see errors like this:
 {{{
 /opt/local/include/poppler/Stream.h:463: error: expected `;' before ‘void’
 /opt/local/include/poppler/Stream.h:463: error: expected ‘;’ before
 ‘override’
 /opt/local/include/poppler/Stream.h:464: error: expected ‘;’ before
 ‘override’
 }}}
 you can almost guarantee the compiler is too old, and doesn't speak the
 current language. So your idea to use something newer, like gcc6, is right
 on.

 The `cxx11 1.1` portgroup is currently pretty messed up (i.e. useless) on
 10.5 PPC. It has to be fixed to work properly on that system. At present,
 it will lead you towards installing clang-4.0, and that's a dead end on
 PPC, as you found out. So for the moment, on PPC, you can delete that I
 guess.

 The real question is why your `configure.compiler=macports-gcc-6` was
 ignored by texlive-bin. It seems to have not seen that at all:
 {{{
 CC='/usr/bin/gcc-4.2'
 }}}
 That should not happen. Maybe delete the `cxx11 1.1` portgroup, and try it
 again, because that should work. Although I see in the `textlive-bin`
 Portfile there are some additional unusual shenanigans that could possibly
 be relevant to this:
 {{{
 # work around bug in texlive makefiles where $OBJC is not recorded
 # during configure phase
 build.env                   OBJC=${configure.objc} \
                             OBJCFLAGS="${configure.objcflags}
 [get_canonical_archflags objc]" \
                             OBJCXX=${configure.objcxx}
 }}}

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