texlive: `/opt/local/bin/mtxrun --generate` error: "(zlib library version does not match - header: 1.2.13, library: 1.3)"

[wilya7]

While installing texlive texlive-latex-extra, each language package elicit the error reported in the summary. For example

bash-3.2# port install texlive texlive-latex-extra
--->  Computing dependencies for texlive
The following dependencies will be installed: 
 texlive-lang-european
 texlive-lang-french
 texlive-lang-german
 texlive-lang-italian
 texlive-lang-polish
 texlive-lang-portuguese
 texlive-lang-spanish
Continue? [Y/n]: Y
--->  Fetching archive for texlive-lang-european
--->  Attempting to fetch texlive-lang-european-66513_0+doc.any_any.noarch.tbz2 from https://nue.de.packages.macports.org/texlive-lang-european
--->  Attempting to fetch texlive-lang-european-66513_0+doc.any_any.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from https://nue.de.packages.macports.org/texlive-lang-european
--->  Installing texlive-lang-european @66513_0+doc
--->  Activating texlive-lang-european @66513_0+doc
Error: Failed to activate texlive-lang-european: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_tex_texlive-lang-european/texlive-lang-european/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port texlive failed

the log file in attachment. However, the most relevant part is this:

:debug:activate system: /opt/local/bin/mktexlsr
:debug:activate system: /opt/local/bin/mtxrun --generate
:info:activate PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API (zlib library version does not match - header: 1.2.13, library: 1.3)
:info:activate Command failed: /opt/local/bin/mtxrun --generate
:info:activate Killed by signal: 6
:error:activate Failed to activate texlive-lang-european: command execution failed
:debug:activate Error code: NONE
:debug:activate Backtrace: command execution failed
:debug:activate     while executing
:debug:activate "$post $targetname"
:error:activate See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_tex_texlive-lang-european/texlive-lang-european/main.log for details.

bash-3.2# sw_vers 
ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	11.7.8
BuildVersion:	20G1351

MacPorts 2.8.1

[wilya7]

/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_tex_texlive-lang-european/texlive-lang-european/main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

When we fix the problem by increasing the revision of whatever port provides the program that produces this error, we should also add a comment at the top of the zlib portfile reminding us to do this every time it is updated to a new version, or we should patch this overly cautious behavior out of the program that produces this error.

[catap (Kirill A. Korinsky)]

The fix ​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/20091

[catap (Kirill A. Korinsky)]

In ebcdf0347585ca884d018b09ac2b4e23a831ab7d/macports-ports (master):

texlive-bin: revbump after zlib update

Closes: #67998

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to catap:

The fix ​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/20091

The fix did not include my suggestion above.

And we still don't know: why do they need to check the zlib version this strictly? Is there an upstream bug report or other explanation from upstream? If zlib developers think zlib 1.3 is ABI-compatible with previous versions, why are the developers of texlive-bin second-guessing that?