[MacPorts] #64525: shared-mime-info fails to build for ppc on 10.6.8 (Rosetta) with default config: cannot find linker, aborts

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#64525: shared-mime-info fails to build for ppc on 10.6.8 (Rosetta) with default
config: cannot find linker, aborts
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  Reporter:  barracuda156      |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect            |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal            |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports             |    Version:  2.7.1
Resolution:                    |   Keywords:  powerpc, snowleopard, rosetta
      Port:  shared-mime-info  |
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Comment (by kencu):

 you have generated a number of tickets that all seem to have the same
 error.

 whatever ld you have installed at /usr/bin/ld seems to abort when linking
 ppc code built with gcc-4.2 on snowleopard.

 I think.

 Can you just try builing a “hello.c” program outside of macports with that
 compiler and linker, play around until you can duplicate the error, and
 then see what is needed to fix it?

 Having 1000 examples of ports that show the same error is perhaps not too
 helpful.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64525#comment:3>
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