[Bug 216124] Mk/bsd.port.mk: set LC_COLLATE=C for CONFIGURE_ENV and MAKE_ENV

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            Bug ID: 216124
           Summary: Mk/bsd.port.mk: set LC_COLLATE=C for CONFIGURE_ENV and
                    MAKE_ENV
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Ports Framework
          Assignee: portmgr at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: gerald at FreeBSD.org
                CC: andreast at FreeBSD.org, dim at FreeBSD.org,
                    freebsd-ports-bugs at FreeBSD.org, jkim at FreeBSD.org,
                    portmgr at FreeBSD.org
 Attachment #178935 maintainer-approval?(portmgr at FreeBSD.org)
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Created attachment 178935
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=178935&action=edit
Proposed patch to set LC_COLLATE in CONFIGURE_ENV and MAKE_ENV

Starting with FreeBSD 11, awk follows "natural", but unexpected (to many
of us and existing programs) sorting and string comparisons when used in
a locale different than the C locale.

This hit us when building GCC under the new version, cf.
  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=210122 
  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211742

It quite likely is going to hit us in many other cases, not the least
since the behavior of GNU awk matches the original FreeBSD awk behavior
(unless POSIXLY_CORRECT is set in the environment). 

So, and as a general best practice to increase reproducability, let's
set LC_COLLATE=C when building ports and packages per the attached.

I verified this fixes building the lang/gcc* ports when the current
workaround is removed.

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