Poppler uses a git:// URL internally for retrieving its test suite, which fails if you are running behind a firewall. This is when it is being installed via a *locally-installed* MacPorts (i.e. the bulk of the code is downloaded locally, but Poppler is asking for additional stuff via git:// which is blocked). Can the URL be changed to https:// somehow, so this is no longer a headache?
Maybe just don't run the tests if you're in an environment with connectivity issues?
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