[MacPorts] #64609: OpenSP failure for ppc: configure: error: cannot compute sizeof (size_t)

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#64609: OpenSP failure for ppc: configure: error: cannot compute sizeof (size_t)
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  Reporter:              |      Owner:  (none)
  barracuda156           |
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.7.1
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  powerpc, leopard, snowleopard,
      Port:  OpenSP      |  rosetta
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Comment (by barracuda156):

 Replying to [comment:6 kencu]:
 > the buildbot farm currently builds everything with clang as the default
 compiler. The oldest clang used is the one from 10.7.
 >
 > So there is no testing of ports done against gcc of any version, in
 particular the crusty old gcc-4.2….many issues are likely to arise.
 >
 > The best approach might be to force builds to use gcc7 as a first step
 for failures, as that often works and is very easy to do.
 >
 > If that doesn’t work, then it’s surely harder to fix the issue, and
 might be impossible.

 Yeah, OpenSP has built with macports-gcc-11 instead of gcc-4.2. No need to
 patch configure, we can just ban gcc =< 4.2 for PowerPC.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64609#comment:11>
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