MFH: r374333

Upgrade to 1.4.0 and fix core dumps with clang

• Fix Savannah bug #33633 (coredump in prs -d:GB:)
• Accept entirely empty comment lines (lacking the initial space).
• Fix Savannah bug bug #33153: "prs" includes "AUTO NULL DELTA"s.
• NEWS: Point out the change of tar file format used for the distribution file. Also mention the recent updates to googletest and gnulib.
• Fix crash when built with clang by forcing gcc
• Moves license to makes portlint happy

PR: ports/189975
Submitted by: rodrigo
Approved by: portmgr