--- libgpg-error-1.27_orig/src/mkheader.c	2017-02-28 13:32:33.000000000 +0100
+++ libgpg-error-1.27/src/mkheader.c	2020-01-23 11:36:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -107,7 +107,21 @@
           return xstrdup (lastalias);
         }
     }
-  return xstrdup (triplet);
+  /* Darwin triplet de-versioning */
+  char *res_triplet = xstrdup (triplet);
+
+  char *triplet_last = strrchr(res_triplet, '-');
+  if (triplet_last == NULL) {
+    fprintf (stderr, PGM ": unexpected host triplet missing any separator: '%s'",
+               res_triplet);
+    exit (1);
+  }
+  triplet_last++; /* Advance past the dash */
+  if (strncmp("darwin", triplet_last, 6) == 0) {
+    triplet_last[6] = '\0';
+  }
+
+  return res_triplet;
 }