[MacPorts] #74206: virt-viewer: unable to connect to remote guests through SPICE protocol

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#74206: virt-viewer: unable to connect to remote guests through SPICE protocol
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 Reporter:  jasonliu--  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.12.5
 Keywords:  sequoia     |       Port:  virt-viewer
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 When attempting to connect to a remote VM guest that lives on a separate
 virtualization host machine, {{{virt-viewer}}} gives this error message:

 {{{
 Failed to connect: Unsupported graphic type 'spice'
 }}}

 Even though the {{{spice-gtk}}} port is listed as a dependency of the
 {{{virt-viewer}}} port, it seems that recent builds of the {{{virt-
 viewer}}} port may not be getting compiled with SPICE protocol support
 enabled.

 This issue appeared when I upgraded my machine from macOS 13 Ventura to
 macOS 15 Sequoia, around six months ago. {{{virt-viewer}}} was working
 fine under Ventura; but after completely removing MacPorts, upgrading to
 Sequoia, and then re-installing MacPorts from scratch, I started getting
 the error message shown above. So I don't know whether the issue is with
 the {{{virt-viewer}}} port on Sequoia specifically, or whether the problem
 lies with the {{{virt-viewer}}} port itself and it was just a coincidence
 that the port stopped working at the same time that I happened to upgrade
 macOS.

 I can say with certainty that the issue is not with my virtualization host
 or the VMs living on that host. If I spin up a Debian VM using VirtualBox,
 I am able to use {{{virt-manager}}} from inside the Debian VM to connect
 to the VMs living on the virtualization host without any problems.

 One other piece of information: I am using the {{{virt-viewer}}} command
 from the command line to initiate my remote connections, e.g.:

 {{{
 virt-viewer --direct --connect qemu+ssh://username@hostname/session vmname
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/74206>
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