[MacPorts] #28192: glib2 @2.26.1_1 did not activate

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#28192: glib2 @2.26.1_1 did not activate
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 Reporter:  Peter_Dyballa@…           |       Owner:  ryandesign@…           
     Type:  defect                    |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  Normal                    |   Milestone:                         
Component:  ports                     |     Version:  1.9.2                  
 Keywords:                            |        Port:  glib2                  
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Comment(by Peter_Dyballa@…):

 Replying to [comment:11 ryandesign@…]:
 > The process for returning to a previous version of a port is documented
 in the wiki page [wiki:howto/InstallingOlderPort
 howto/InstallingOlderPort].
 >
 I remembered later that the pervious version is kept on disk...
 >
 > The reason having Fink and MacPorts installed at the same time is not
 supported is that software installed with Fink can cause unexpected
 failures building software with MacPorts. "Not supported" means it might
 work, but we can't help you if it doesn't. I strongly recommend you decide
 whether to use MacPorts or Fink, and uninstall the other. If the reason
 you were using Fink is that it has software you need that is not in
 MacPorts, you can file port request tickets in our issue tracker; maybe we
 can add that software to MacPorts.

 It's easy for me to have interactively both sorts of software (plus that
 from Apple) in a shell and when compiling and installing software
 separating (or mixing) them all. That's really no big thing. What concerns
 me more, is that the software archives are scattered over the file system
 (otherwise I could outsource them partially on a rewritable DVD and have
 more disk space) and there doesn't seem to be a system to manage the many
 versions of these archives. MacPorts is so silly, that when upgrading or
 installing software fetches them on demand from the internet so that I
 need to stay in internet for long and indeterminate periods. And I never
 get a hint that this upgrade or installation would install GB of data
 without asking me whether I really want do that. And this happens quite
 often with xorg-server and its many components.

 And I want to find out whether it works to create my own Portfiles to
 update or get some packages (gnutls, libm17n, gkrellm plugins)!


 BTW, I did not force activation after I saw the two package versions
 installed on disk in order find out what might have caused the activation
 failure. I usually really don't like force.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28192#comment:12>
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