During this period, work centered on stabilizing and expanding build compatibility for legacy architectures within the macports/macports-ports repository. The developer addressed a persistent build failure affecting the libgcrypt library on Leopard PPC64 by enabling thread-local storage in the compiler settings, directly resolving a long-standing issue and supporting ongoing cross-architecture goals. This solution involved careful build system configuration and cross-platform development, with changes implemented in Tcl. The patch was thoroughly documented and linked to the relevant ticket, ensuring clear traceability and maintainability. These efforts contributed to improved CI reliability and restored build functionality for legacy systems in the project.