[MacPorts] #58574: poppler upgrade fails if older poppler is installed
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#58574: poppler upgrade fails if older poppler is installed
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Reporter: RobK88 | Owner: dbevans
Type: defect | Status: reopened
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.5.4
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: poppler |
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Comment (by ryandesign):
Replying to [comment:67 mascguy]:
> Replying to [comment:66 ryandesign]:
> > How would that be accomplished?
>
> Ken provided a proposed resolution via the port file, in comment:45.
He provided a proposal that deactivates poppler before the build if it's
active. I agree that's possible. He did not provide a way to reactivate
the old port if the current port should fail to build, which isn't so
easy, since the moment the build fails, the port no longer has control,
control is handed over to base, so the port does not get an opportunity to
reactivate the old port.
I would rather we focus on fixing the gobject-introspection bug.
Unfortunately nobody has responded to any of the questions I asked the
gobject-introspection developers. Somebody with time may need to immerse
themselves in the gobject-introspection source code to understand enough
of how it works to be able to answer the questions and then fix the bug.
poppler can't be the only software affected by this bug. Fixing the bug
will likely solve problems in other software that we don't even know yet
are associated with this bug.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/58574#comment:69>
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