gtk2hs: update to 0.12.5, change master_sites, add livecheck, fix x11 variants

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

"Inspired by" #39383, I tried to fix gtk2hs, but there are a bunch of issues:

• the homepage has been changed (I fixed that)
• sourceforge contains only old versions, so both master_sites and livecheck need to be fixed, but I didn't try to understand the modified build instructions (it might not be a trivial patch)
• the instructions on ​http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Gtk2Hs/Mac should be updated
• the x11/quartz variants in the ports are completely broken and need to be fixed
• the list of dependencies might need a review

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

The current package doesn't build, see

• ​https://build.macports.org/builders/buildports-mavericks-x86_64/builds/3281

for example.

But I don't understand enough (and lack motivation to try) to fix the package.

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

Looking at this port ... it pulls in so many X11 dependencies already that I don't really see much point in having x11 as a separate variant.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

The port could use something like this:

PortSystem          1.0
PortGroup           github 1.0

github.setup        gtk2hs gtk2hs 0_12_5
version             0.12.5
categories          devel graphics
platforms           darwin
maintainers         gwright

description         Portable and native GUI library for Haskell
long_description    gtk2hs is a Haskell binding to GTK, a comprehensive \
                    C GUI library that is portable across many platforms.

homepage            http://projects.haskell.org/gtk2hs/

checksums           rmd160  cabb3de9df656eeb8c00ed72dd68d6940dc0ef87 \
                    sha256  738381e19929edddab3e7b6ff86efb3847ea3a3688e38d153d107a692027f8f0

depends_build       port:hs-cabal-install \
                    port:pkgconfig
depends_lib         port:gconf \
                    port:ghc \
                    port:gtk2 \
                    port:gvfs \
                    path:lib/pkgconfig/cairo.pc:cairo \
                    port:librsvg \
                    port:libglade2 \
                    port:gtksourceview2

(I'm not sure about dependencies.) The problem is that the build procedure has apparently changed completely.

Short build instructions are here in README: ​https://github.com/gtk2hs/gtk2hs

cabal install Cabal cabal-meta

cabal clone https://github.com/gtk2hs/gtk2hs
cd gtk2hs

cabal install tools
cabal-meta install

It looks like there is no more ./configure or anything like that involved. So basically everything in the port needs to be changed.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

gwright has retired. See #43784.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to mojca@…:

The current package doesn't build, see

• ​https://build.macports.org/builders/buildports-mavericks-x86_64/builds/3281

for example.

Noted again in duplicate #50358.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

In 386c63b841825206c45d583a6cdb9201e348c294/macports-ports (master):

gtk2hs: update description, homepage, dependencies

• emphasize binding is for GTK+ 2.x in description
• change homepage to sourceforge project page, original redirects to a project archive
• add size to checksums
• depend on gnome-vfs which provides the required gnome-vfs-2.0, gvfs is for gtk3
• further changes required or perhaps removal, hasn't built for 6 years or so

See #43583.