[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 blb at macports.org):

 Replying to [comment:8 jeremyhu@…]:
 > Isn't the policy that Macports uses its own libraries unless those
 libraries are supplied by OSX?  We've had issues reported to the x11-users
 mailing list multiple times over the past year while I've been maintaining
 X11, and frequently it comes down to their using a Macports lib over one
 included with X11.

 The opposite actually, MacPorts prefers depending on bits from MacPorts
 when possible; there are of course some exceptions, X11 being one of them.

 >
 > Based on your earlier comment, I'm guessing this is partly due to lack
 of maintainers.  I just now tried to pull in some X11 packages and they
 fail because of the xmkmf removal and the old version of autoconf used to
 build configure in the package (those packages just need you to
 'reautoconf' or pass '--x-include=/usr/X11/include --x-lib=/usr/X11/lib'
 to configure.  I'd be willing to help out with some of these packages if
 maintainership is the issue...

 I believe many of the X11 ports are in fact unmaintained at the moment,
 and some have maintainers but seem to be experiencing some severe bitrot.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17008#comment:10>
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