Opened 18 years ago

Closed 18 years ago

Last modified 18 years ago

#9459 closed defect (invalid)

gnuplot missing readline dependency

Reported by: tristan@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.2
Keywords: Cc:
Port:

Description

gnuplot doesn't work after readline upgrade. This is the same kind of bug as #9335

~> gnuplot test.gp dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libreadline.5.0.dylib

Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/gnuplot Reason: image not found

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Change History (5)

comment:1 Changed 18 years ago by gwright@…

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed

Hi Tristan,

I'm closing this bug as INVALID. Gnuplot requires that you do a

sudo port uninstall gnuplot sudo port clean --all gnuplot sudo port install gnuplot

The problem is not the gnuplot port (readline is in fact a dependency) or readline itself, but that gnuplot links with the most specific verison number of the readline port. This is not really a bug, but historical baggage from the days when readline was less stable, so people wrote their autoconf scripts to pick up the most specific version, rather than the symlinks with the major revision number.

You need to clean out everything to make gnuplot build against the latest readline.

I know it is annoyance; you might bring it to the attention of the gnuplot maintainers.

Best Wishes, Greg

comment:2 Changed 18 years ago by tristan@…

OK, this may be a bug in gnuplot, but it seems to me like this is a bug in darwinports as well. If gnuplot requires a rebuild when readline is updated, then the packaging system should somehow be able to determine this. In other words if I have gnuplot and readline installed, and readline gets updated, then "port upgrade outdated" should also do the "port uninstall gnuplot; port clean --all gnuplot; port install gnuplot". I think that is what the average user would expect.

comment:3 Changed 18 years ago by gwright@…

Hi Tristan,

Your criticisms are fair. The mechanism for doing what you want exists:

sudo port -R upgrade readline

will upgrade readline and everthing that depends on it. However, this is not the default. Thinking out loud (so to speak), perhaps the portfile should identify a port as installing a library, and when upgrading, default to the -R behavior.

Would this satisfy your concern?

Best Wishes, Greg

comment:4 Changed 18 years ago by gwright@…

Hi Tristan,

Your criticisms are fair. The mechanism for doing what you want exists:

sudo port -R upgrade readline

will upgrade readline and everthing that depends on it. However, this is not the default. Thinking out loud (so to speak), perhaps the portfile should identify a port as installing a library, and when upgrading, default to the -R behavior.

Would this satisfy your concern?

Best Wishes, Greg

comment:5 Changed 18 years ago by tristan@…

Yes that sounds good. I wasn't aware of the "-R" option - still new to Darwinports!

Cheers, Tristan

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