[MacPorts] #27891: openjdk6: Cannot install openjdk6 for the arch(s) 'powerpc' (was: Unable to install OpenJDK6 on PowerPC)

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#27891: openjdk6: Cannot install openjdk6 for the arch(s) 'powerpc'
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 Reporter:  zoltan.orosz@…          |       Owner:  landonf@…           
     Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new                 
 Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:                      
Component:  ports                   |     Version:  1.9.2               
 Keywords:  powerpc                 |        Port:  openjdk6            
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

  * keywords:  openjdk, powerpc => powerpc
  * owner:  macports-tickets@… => landonf@…


Comment:

 I've now actually sat down at a Power Mac running Leopard, and I see
 you're correct: I see the same problem.

 This problem was previously [http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail
 /macports-dev/2010-December/013397.html brought up on the mailing list],
 where fixing the build_arch in macports.conf was suggested (and there was
 no follow-up to indicate that didn't work), however that appears not to be
 the whole story.

 The problem relates to the line in the portfile that reads
 "supported_archs i386 x86_64", which means the port is not expected to
 work on PowerPC systems. I'm not sure if that line is accurate, though,
 since further down in the portfile there is special-case code for the ppc
 architecture. Possibly the port will work on ppc, if this line is removed
 from the portfile (or changed to include the ppc architecture in the
 list).

 Certainly, it is bizarre that, in the presence of that line, MacPorts
 doesn't produce a sensible error message to the effect that the port
 cannot be used on this architecture, but instead tries to build for an
 architecture that is not a valid architecture at all. That is a bug in
 MacPorts base that needs to be investigated.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27891#comment:3>
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