[MacPorts] #61563: ghostscript @9.53.3 does not configure on PPC Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11, because of a pkg-config malfunction?

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#61563: ghostscript @9.53.3 does not configure on PPC Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11,
because of a pkg-config malfunction?
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  Reporter:  ballapete    |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.6.4
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  tiger ppc
      Port:  ghostscript  |
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Comment (by kencu):

 from the log:
 {{{
 checking for local freetype library source... no
 checking for system freetype2 >= 2.4.2 with pkg-config... yes
 checking for local jpeg library source... no
 }}}

 {{{
 $ port -v installed freetype
 The following ports are currently installed:
   freetype @2.6.3_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2016-03-01T16:34:10-0800'
   freetype @2.6.4_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2016-07-11T18:59:16-0700'
   freetype @2.6.5_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2016-07-20T09:03:41-0700'
   freetype @2.7_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2016-09-13T22:31:40-0700'
   freetype @2.7.1_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2017-02-08T14:10:51-0800'
   freetype @2.8_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2017-08-12T11:45:24-0700'
   freetype @2.8.1_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2018-04-25T18:11:09-0700'
   freetype @2.9.1_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2018-09-01T16:26:35-0700'
   freetype @2.10.0_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2019-05-04T12:15:38-0700'
   freetype @2.10.1_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2019-07-10T22:52:12-0700'
   freetype @2.10.2_1 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2020-05-24T16:49:24-0700'
   freetype @2.10.3_0 platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2020-10-17T15:17:16-0700'
   freetype @2.10.4_0 (active) platform='darwin 8' archs='ppc'
 date='2020-10-22T17:17:21-0700'
 }}}

 {{{
 $ cat /opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc
 prefix=/opt/local
 exec_prefix=/opt/local
 libdir=/opt/local/lib
 includedir=/opt/local/include

 Name: FreeType 2
 URL: https://freetype.org
 Description: A free, high-quality, and portable font engine.
 Version: 23.4.17
 Requires:
 Requires.private: zlib, libpng, libbrotlidec
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lfreetype
 Libs.private: -lbz2 -Wl,-framework,CoreServices
 -Wl,-framework,ApplicationServices
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/freetype2

 }}}

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