[MacPorts] #54189: Gnuplot 5.06_1 failed to configure in MacOSierra

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#54189: Gnuplot 5.06_1 failed to configure in MacOSierra
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  Reporter:  laestudillowong  |      Owner:  mojca
      Type:  defect           |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal           |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports            |    Version:  2.4.1
Resolution:  invalid          |   Keywords:
      Port:  gnuplot          |
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Changes (by mojca):

 * status:  assigned => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 Your packages are outdated, `gawk` in particular. You need to run
 {{{
 sudo port selfupdate
 sudo port upgrade gawk
 sudo port upgrade outdated
 }}}
 This is partially the fault of MacPorts. Configure script will use
 whatever version of `awk` it finds first. If you wouldn't have `gawk`
 installed, it would simply use the one from the system and that would work
 as expected. But if you do have `gawk` installed and outdated, that `gawk`
 will be broken and then the broken `gawk` is used to do stuff with
 configure.

 Gnuplot could have listed a build dependency on it, but it's not really
 needed (since the system version can be used anyway) and that's a global
 problem that affects lots of packages.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/54189#comment:6>
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