On Aug 22, 2012, at 7:20 AM, Michael Dickens wrote:

> Hmm … does (I think it's called) rev-update do its thing after installing 
> from archive?  It's the post-install "Updating database of binaries" and 
> "Scanning binaries for linking errors" check.  If it does, then it should 
> catch the linking error between qt4-mac +framework and gnuplot, though I'm 
> not sure what it can do if an older version of gnuplot was installed from 
> archive that is not compatible with the current qt4-mac install.  The 
> archival capabilities can only go so far in terms of variants.
> 
> I have thought about qt4-mac's dual library / framework build, since it 
> causes these sorts of issues.  I'm wondering if trying to install qt4-mac as 
> dual framework / library would work: install as framework internally (to the 
> Qt build), and then link from the frameworks into ${prefix}/include/Qt* and 
> ${prefix}/lib/libQt*.  The former is already done, and seems to work well.  
> Doing the latter is a relatively simple extension of the former.  If both 
> libraries and frameworks were installed, always, then dependent ports could 
> choose which one to link to and would, after the change, always be backwards 
> compatible with older versions.  Yes, this might make sense to look into.
> 
> Thoughts on the above? - MLD

Would frameworks work as a subport; letting qt4-mac dependent ports pick what 
they want to depend on?

Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)

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