[MacPorts] #43582: surf: variant without x11 doesn't build

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#43582: surf: variant without x11 doesn't build
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 Reporter:  mojca@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
Component:  ports    |    Version:
 Keywords:           |       Port:
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 Based on the ticket #39383 I tried to patch `surf`:

 {{{
 #!diff
 Index: Portfile
 ===================================================================
 --- Portfile    (revision 119745)
 +++ Portfile    (working copy)
 @@ -26,13 +26,21 @@
                      port:flex \
                      port:xorg-libXmu \
                      port:jpeg \
 -                    port:tiff \
 -                    port:gtk1
 +                    port:tiff

 -variant no_x11 {
 -    depends_lib-delete port:gtk1
 -    configure.args-append --disable-gui
 +configure.args      --disable-gui
 +
 +# remove this in May 2015
 +variant no_x11 conflicts x11 description {legacy compatibility variant}
 {}
 +variant x11 conflicts no_x11 description {} {
 +    depends_lib-append      port:gtk1
 +    configure.args-delete   --disable-gui
  }
 +if {[variant_isset no_x11]} {
 +    default_variants        -x11
 +} else {
 +    default_variants        +x11
 +}

  post-destroot {
      copy ${worksrcpath}/examples ${destroot}${prefix}/share/${name}/

 }}}

 But the problem seems to be that `surf` fails to build without `x11`:

 {{{
 make[1]: *** No rule to make target `gtkgui/start.o', needed by `surf'.
 Stop.
 }}}
 so I'm wondering whether it makes any sense to provide `x11` as an option
 if building without gui support is broken anyway.

 I have a few other questions:
   * Is flex a build or a runtime dependency?
   * If building without `gtk1` would actually work
     * Is `xorg-libXmu` still needed?
     * Would it be better to call the variant `gtk` or `x11`?
   * The binary depends on a few other libraries here, but I'm not sure if
 those are true dependencies because I never rebuilt all the ports:
     * `glib1`
     * `libiconv`
     * `zlib`
     * `xorg-libX11`
     * `xorg-libice`
     * `xorg-libsm`
     * `xorg-lbXt`
     * `xorg-libXext`
   * Is it possible to build the port against `gtk2` or `gtk3`?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43582>
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