gnome-session launch errors

[paul beard]

On 10/17/07, Stefan Bruda <bruda at cs.ubishops.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> paul beard wrote:
> > Looks like something needs updating?
> >
> > Link (dyld) error:
> > Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.0.dylib
> > Referenced from: /opt/local/lib/libgnome-desktop-2.2.dylib
> > Reason: Incompatible library version: libgnome-desktop-2.2.dylib
> > requires version 2001.0.0 or later, but libgnomecanvas-2.0.dylib
> > provides version 1999.0.0
>
> Had the same problem (with eog, gthumb, and gnome-terminal recently,
> though it may be that you did not get there).  Some applications need to
> be recompiled when the underlying libraries change (i.e., are upgraded).
> Gentoo does it automatically (through the revdep-rebuild script) but as
> far as I know it has to be done by hand in Macports.  The above is a
> symptom of this issue.
>
> When I see an incompatible version like this I first look for which port
> owns the not loaded library:
>
>     < godel:~ > port provides /opt/local/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.0.dylib
>     /opt/local/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.0.dylib is provided by: libgnomecanvas
>
> and then I rebuild the respective package (libgnomecanvas in this case).
> This fixes the problem, and it is also a nightmare--I don't understand why
> a revdep-rebuild-like utility is not on the radar for the near future, as
> such a breakage does occur from time to time and is extremely annoying.

Yeah, I did that. Didn't work. That's why I was curious about the problem.

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