[MacPorts] #36032: libgsf-1.14.22 and configure option --disable-schemas-install

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#36032: libgsf-1.14.22 and configure option --disable-schemas-install
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 Reporter:  Peter_Dyballa@…           |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                    |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                    |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                     |     Version:  2.1.2                                
 Keywords:                            |        Port:  libgsf                               
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

  * keywords:  schema =>


Comment:

 There appear to be two separate issues that you're talking about.

 Replying to [ticket:36032 Peter_Dyballa@…]:
 > When building this package on PPC Mac OS X 10.5.8 I see:
 >
 {{{
 --->  Extracting libgsf
 --->  Extracting libgsf-1.14.22.tar.xz
 --->  Configuring libgsf
 configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-schemas-install
 }}}

 This is the first issue: the port uses the configure option `--disable-
 schemas-install` which is unknown and therefore has no effect. We could
 therefore remove this option. (I checked `./configure --help` and did not
 see any similar option. It probably used to exist and was removed by the
 developers at some point and we didn't notice.)


 > In the end a zillion of schema files is installed!

 This is the second issue: the port has a post-activate block which uses
 `gconftool-2 ` to install and register the schema files:

 {{{
 post-activate {
     if {![variant_isset no_gnome]} {
         system "\
             export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source`
 && \
             gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule \
             ${prefix}/etc/gconf/schemas/*.schemas"
     }
 }
 }}}

 I don't know what these schema files are for, but the fact that there's a
 block of code in the portfile doing this suggests it's deliberate. On
 further examination, I see the block was added almost 4 years ago in
 r41441 for #14729. If you're suggesting we remove that block of code, then
 I'd want to understand what the schemas are and why it would be ok to not
 have them or not register them in the way that #14729 says they should be
 registered.

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