Index: head/devel/stringencoders/Makefile
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--- head/devel/stringencoders/Makefile	(revision 396079)
+++ head/devel/stringencoders/Makefile	(revision 396080)
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 # Created by: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@exit2shell.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	stringencoders
 PORTVERSION=	3.10.3
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	GOOGLE_CODE
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Collection of high performance c-string transformations
 
 USES=		libtool perl5
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-
-BROKEN_powerpc=	Does not compile on powerpc
+CFLAGS+=	-fsigned-char	# chars are unsigned on PowerPC and ARM
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>