libxml2 2.9.4 config error #54070 wontfix

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 30, 2017, at 06:53, db wrote:
> 
> I got basically the same error referenced in that ticket.
> 
> :info:configure config.status: creating libxml2.spec
> :info:configure dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libreadline.6.dylib
> :info:configure   Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/gawk
> :info:configure   Reason: image not found
> :info:configure ./config.status: line 1387: 82317 Done                    eval sed \"\$ac_sed_extra\" "$ac_file_inputs"
> :info:configure      82318 Trace/BPT trap: 5       | $AWK -f "$ac_tmp/subs.awk" > $ac_tmp/out
> :info:configure config.status: error: could not create libxml2.spec
> 
> 
> deactivate gawk
> upgrade gawk
> 
> works around the problem, as suggested by Ryan. I don't understand though, why is it not fixable.

What specific fix to you recommend?