[MacPorts] #41858: libvmime: ERROR: GNU TLS development package is not installed (was: libvmime does not build with Mavericks, problem with GNU TLS)

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#41858: libvmime: ERROR: GNU TLS development package is not installed
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  Reporter:  darylew@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.2.1
Resolution:  wontfix    |   Keywords:
      Port:  libvmime   |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)
 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * port:  libvmime gnutls => libvmime


Comment:

 This is because:

  * libvmime's scons script gets a list of all installed pkg-config files,
 and fails to find the libraries it's looking for if any installed pkg-
 config file has a problem. I have already
 [https://github.com/kisli/vmime/issues/59 reported this problem] to the
 developers of libvmime, and they're not doing anything about it because
 they've already replaced the scons build system with something else but
 haven't released a new version of libvmime with these changes.
  * cyrus-sasl2's pkg-config file has a bug: #41300.

 The workaround is to deactivate the cyrus-sasl2 port for the duration of
 the libvmime build.

 {{{
 sudo port clean libvmime
 sudo port -f deactivate cyrus-sasl2
 sudo port install libvmime
 sudo port activate cyrus-sasl2
 }}}

 Last I checked that won't work either, however, because of #41292, which I
 have also already [https://github.com/kisli/vmime/issues/60 reported to
 the developers], and which they have not yet responded to. Perhaps you
 could add a note to that upstream issue and encourage the developers to
 release a new version that fixes the problem.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41858#comment:1>
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