[MacPorts] #29514: pkgconfig 0.26 update

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Fri May 20 02:46:04 PDT 2011


#29514: pkgconfig 0.26 update
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  ryandesign@…           
     Type:  update                   |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                         
Component:  ports                    |     Version:                         
 Keywords:                           |        Port:  pkgconfig              
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 pkg-config 0.26 is available, however we cannot update to it. pkg-config
 requires glib, and pkg-config 0.25 and earlier included a stripped-down
 copy of glib1 that it built and used. pkg-config 0.26 no longer has this,
 so it now would need to depend on a glib port. But we cannot do that
 because glib1 and glib2 both depend on pkgconfig. Therefore we cannot
 update pkgconfig.

 This [http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.opensuse.packaging/7683
 pkgconfig 0.26 glib build loop] is discussed on the opensuse packaging
 list. One suggestion there is to change the glib1 port so it no longer
 depends on pkgconfig, then depend on glib1 in the pkgconfig port. Another
 suggestion is to create a pkgconfig025 port for the old version of pkg-
 config that still builds standalone, use that for glib1, and use glib1 for
 pkgconfig.

 Since this issue has just arisen a few days ago, I'm going to do nothing
 now, and see if the situation changes. (Perhaps upstream will reinstate
 the bundled copy of glib.)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/29514>
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