gcc42 build problem

[Dave Minor]

pdftk depends on gcc42 in macports 1.5.  I cannot for the life of me  
get gcc42 or gcc43 to build.  gcc42 fails with the following error.   
Any help is appreciated.

[dminor at ginger: /opt/local/bin]$ sudo port install gcc42
--->  Fetching gcc42
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for gcc42
--->  Extracting gcc42
--->  Configuring gcc42
--->  Building gcc42 with target bootstrap
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/ 
local/var/macports/build/ 
_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_gc 
c42/work/build" && make bootstrap -j 2 " returned error 2
Command output: ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(in_pack_c16.o) has  
no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(in_unpack_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(in_unpack_c16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(exponent_r16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(fraction_r16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(nearest_r16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(set_exponent_r16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_i16_i4.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_r16_i4.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_c16_i4.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_i16_i8.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_r16_i8.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_c16_i8.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_i4_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_i8_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_i16_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_r4_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_r8_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_r10_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_r16_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_c4_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_c8_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_c10_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(pow_c16_i16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(rrspacing_r16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(spacing_r16.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: .libs/libgfortran.a(erf.o) has no symbols
creating libgfortran.la
(cd .libs && rm -f libgfortran.la && ln -s ../libgfortran.la  
libgfortran.la)
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.