[MacPorts] #74035: dvisvgm-3.6 does not build on PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, because of configure not finding kpathsea/kpathsea.h

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#74035: dvisvgm-3.6 does not build on PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, because of
configure not finding kpathsea/kpathsea.h
-------------------------+---------------------
 Reporter:  ballapete    |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.12.5
 Keywords:  ppc leopard  |       Port:  dvisvgm
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 It exists,

 {{{
 -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  766 23. Apr 2025
 /opt/local/include/kpathsea/kpathsea.h
 }}}

 possibly from last years (now defective, because dylibs changed and it
 can't be re-built anymore) TeX Live installation, port only tells:

 {{{
 leopard pete 220 /\  port provides /opt/local/include/kpathsea/kpathsea.h
 /opt/local/include/kpathsea/kpathsea.h is provided by: texlive-bin
 leopard pete 221 /\  port installed -v texlive-bin
 The following ports are currently installed:
   texlive-bin @2025.74524_1+x11 (active) requested_variants=''
 platform='darwin 9' archs='ppc' date='2025-04-23T13:00:29+0200'
 }}}

 The error shows up like this:

 {{{
 checking whether termios.h defines TIOCGWINSZ... yes
 checking for kpathsea/kpathsea.h... no
 configure: error: please install the kpathsea development package
 Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/dvisvgm-
 09e240ea/work/dvisvgm-3.6" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-
 silent-rules
 Exit code: 1
 Error: Failed to configure dvisvgm: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build
 /dvisvgm-09e240ea/work/dvisvgm-3.6/config.log
 Error: Failed to configure dvisvgm: configure failure: command execution
 failed
 }}}

 `/opt/local/var/macports/build/dvisvgm-
 09e240ea/work/dvisvgm-3.6/config.log` contains:

 {{{
  631 configure:19840: result: no
  632 configure:19845: error: please install the kpathsea development
 package
  633
  634 ## ---------------- ##
  635 ## Cache variables. ##
  636 ## ---------------- ##
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/74035>
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