> On Mar 24, 2017, at 10:12, db <iams...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 24 Mar 2017, at 16:00, Rainer Müller <rai...@macports.org> wrote: >> A similar ticket had been filed before: >> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52335 > > I don't see how that explains that 1.6.4_0 in one system is the binary from > MP, but this same version fails to compile in another identical system. OS X > 10.8.5, Xcode 5.1.1. > > And neither does it help me to decide if it'd be better not to switch to > compile from source and break other ports down the line.
I agree that ticket describes the error you encountered. It was closed because nobody could explain it and the problem went away for the reporter. You could re-open it and add your new information to it.