pdftk build fails

[markd at macports.org]

What happens if you edit the pdftk portfile and change the dependency to
gcc 4.2?  Does it work with pdftk?

Mark

Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 2:10
PM -0800 wrote:
>> on my Intel-MacBook I want to install pdftk, which needs gcc41.  
>> Installing gcc41 made no problems, but at the end pdftk fails to  
>> build.
>>
>> Error:
>>
>> Target com.apple.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/ 
>> db/dports/build/ 
>> _opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_ 
>> dports_textproc_pdftk/work/pdftk-1.41/pdftk" && make all -f  
>> Makefile.MacOSX TOOLPATH=/opt/local/bin/ VERSUFF=-dp-4.1 " returned  
>> error 2
>>
>> The directory exists (until cleaning the port), and in it there is  
>> a file called "Makefile.MacOSX".
>>
>> What can I do?
>
>gcc41 appears to be very incomplete on Intel and nobody appears to  
>know why. See my previous post:
>
>http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2007-April/ 
>002858.html
>
>I asked the MacPorts gcc41 maintainer and he did not respond. I  
>searched the gcc bug database and didn't find anything that looked  
>relevant (though it's hard to know what to search for). I was  
>considering reporting a bug there to see what they say.