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

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Fri Oct 31 02:02:14 PDT 2008


#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:3 jeremyhu@…]:
 > Well that was the wrong resolution for #14592 ... that bug resulted
 because the user had .la files that referred to the wrong .dylib.  This is
 a problem on the default Leopard X11, and there are two solutions:
 >
 > 1) nuke all the .la files on the system (preferred, and what is
 happening with SnowLeopard)
 > 2) Install http://xquartz.macosforge.org over the system X11 since it
 contains consistent .la files

 But installing the compat symlink is much easier/unintrusive than deleting
 libtool files and/or installing development versions (Xquartz) of the
 system X11... I don't think it's any uglier than the /usr/X11R6 -> X11
 compat symlink.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17008#comment:11>
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