gtk3 @3.22.28_0+quartz "Symbol not found"

[jjstickel (Jonathan Stickel)]

After upgrading gtk3 to 3.22.28 with +quartz, I get the following error:

$ port installed gtk3
The following ports are currently installed:
  gtk3 @3.22.28_0+quartz (active)

$ gtk3-demo
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _gdk_quartz_atom_to_pasteboard_type_libgtk_only
  Referenced from: /opt/local/lib/libgtk-3.0.dylib
  Expected in: flat namespace

dyld: Symbol not found: _gdk_quartz_atom_to_pasteboard_type_libgtk_only
  Referenced from: /opt/local/lib/libgtk-3.0.dylib
  Expected in: flat namespace

Abort trap: 6

[fredowski]

Hi, I proposed a fix upstream. See:

​https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793811

The fix is already in the master branch, i.e. it could be backported to the 3.22 branch. This is blocking for all quartz builds.

[jjstickel (Jonathan Stickel)]

I used the upstream commit that fredowski pointed out in the attached patches. This fixed it for me.

[olupton (Olli Lupton)]

The patches attached to this ticket worked for me.

[Bachsau (Bachsau)]

Port need fixing. Is this really the only way to get a patched port? => wiki:howto/PatchLocal

I fucking hate this over-complication in MacPorts. Don't have time for this.

[jjstickel (Jonathan Stickel)]

Replying to Bachsau:

Port need fixing. Is this really the only way to get a patched port? => wiki:howto/PatchLocal

I fucking hate this over-complication in MacPorts. Don't have time for this.

Yes, that wiki tells you how to setup a local port tree (plus some extra steps that don't apply if you just need to apply patches from this ticket). While Macports is a well-designed packaging system that works most of the time, it suffers the usual bugs and delays due to insufficient volunteer developers. It doesn't help that Homebrew has stolen a lot of market share and potential developers, either. You can try sending a message to the macports-user mailing list politely pointing out your need for this ticket to be addressed. It is blocking all ports that depend on gtk3 +quartz.

[kencu (Ken)]

Replying to Bachsau:

Port need fixing. Is this really the only way to get a patched port? => ​https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/PatchLocal

I fucking hate this over-complication in MacPorts. Don't have time for this.

There are much easier ways to do quick fixes.e.g.

cd `port dir gtk3`, then edit the Portfile in-place and add the patch to the ./files directory. This takes 10 seconds, but disappears with the next sync.

Make a local copy of a single port directory anywhere you want cp -R `port dir gtk3` ., then enter that directory cd gtk3 and make your modifications to the Portfile and add your patch to the ./files directory. To use the Portfile, be in the directory with the Portfile, and use sudo port -v install +variants (note no Portname specified).

You don't have to do any of this if you don't want to. If your port doesn't build, cd `port work gtk3`, and edit the errant sourcefile directly in place. No patches, no touching the Portfile. Then sudo port -v install and away you go. This is how we fix broken Ports and generate the patches in the first place.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #55868.

I'm going to commit this fix, since David hasn't objected.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In f7dd5462da7e11cecb2986eaf907a860e65f53ed/macports-ports:

gtk3: Fix lazy symbol binding failure with quartz variant

Closes: #55870