Re: devel/glib2 test failure on Darwin

[Jason Bacon <jtocino%gmx.com@localhost>]

On 8/21/23 09:20, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Frédéric Fauberteau <triaxx%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:
>
> > --generate-source --c-name _g_plugin ../gio/tests/test4.gresource.xml
> > dyld[3058]: Symbol not found: _g_string_free_and_steal
> >    Referenced from: <3E235118-5F9B-386D-98CA-F631C6A6AB13>
> >    /Users/ffaubert/pkgsrc/devel/glib2/work/glib-2.76.4/output/gio/glib-compile-resources
> >    Expected in:     <BE623799-5CD9-3C1C-87DE-7FB89D24C852>
> >    /Users/ffaubert/pkg/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib
> > Abort trap
>
> What happens if you uninstall the old glib2 before building?   That
> world is known for having build systems that, at least under pkgsrc,
> link against installed libs in preference to the ones just built.
> The error  suggests that is what is happening.

I've seen this in a few other FreeBSD ports and pkgsrc packages, and in 
some cases added a pre-build check to error out if installed libs are 
present.  This saves me and others from wasting time on repeat diagnoses.