conflicting dependency issue on glib2 variants x11 and quartz

Riccardo Mottola riccardo.mottola at libero.it
Tue May 5 17:02:33 UTC 2026


Ryan Carsten Schmidt wrote:
>> The Mac is set to prefer quartz.
> Are you sure? How did you configure this?

Indirectly through dependencies. I did not install directly glib2, but I 
use meld and gimp in the quartz variands

>> port info glib2
>> glib2 @2.88.0 (devel)
>> Sub-ports:            glib2-bootstrap
>> Variants:             debug, debugoptimized, quartz, [+]x11
> The "[+]" before x11 (and not before quartz) seems to show that your MacPorts is set to prefer x11 not quartz.

how can I check were it is coming from?

> If you want to proceed with x11: Did you try running the command shown in the error message?

I want to keep quartz if possible, if I proceed I get a conflict.

Riccardo


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