[MacPorts] #17008: gtk2 port incorrectly advises users to make a symlink

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#17008: gtk2 port incorrectly advises users to make a symlink
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  Reporter:  jeremyhu at freedesktop.org  |       Owner:  nox at macports.org
      Type:  defect                    |      Status:  new             
  Priority:  Normal                    |   Milestone:  Port Bugs       
 Component:  ports                     |     Version:  1.6.0           
Resolution:                            |    Keywords:                  
      Port:  gtk2                      |  
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Comment(by afb at macports.org):

 Replying to [comment:14 jeremyhu@…]:
 > > Problem isn't the libtool file itself
 >
 > Yes, it is.
 >
 > > (it's updated with X11)
 >
 > Not exactly.  It is updated with X11 from http://xquartz.macosforge.org,
 but it is not updated with OSX Software Update (which is what updated the
 lib).

 I updated with SU, and the .la is OK ? Unless there is another file beyond
 just the libXrandr.la ?

 {{{
 # Names of this library.
 library_names='libXrandr.2.dylib libXrandr.dylib libXrandr.2.1.0.dylib'
 }}}

 Presumably the Xquartz releases will eventually be released in a future
 Mac OS X system update, anyway.

 > > , it's rebuilding all random MacPorts libraries that were linking with
 the previous minor version of the library. And doing so with only the
 limited dependencies that MP offers.
 >
 > No... I'm not even sure what you mean by this last sentence.

 With another dependency engine, you could probe for all packages that
 "require" libXrandr.2.0.0.dylib and trigger a rebuild/reinstall of those
 packages. With MacPorts, there are no such built-in features so it needs
 to be hunted down manually. Which most users won't do...

 But when all such outdated dependencies are gone there is no need for the
 workaround anymore, sure.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17008#comment:15>
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