GTK2 build fails in 10.4.11 because system CUPS is too old

[macports@…]

GTK2 build on 10.4.11 (Mac Mini) fails with the following log excerpt:

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:info:build libtool: compile:  /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../gtk -I../../../gtk -I../../../gdk -I../../../gdk -DGTK_PRINT_BACKEND_ENABLE_UNSUPPORTED -D_REENTRANT -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng14 -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS -I/opt/local/include -DX_LOCALE -DG_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES -DATK_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES -DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES -DGTK_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES -I/opt/local/include -DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -O2 -fstrict-aliasing -arch i386 -Wall -MT gtkprintbackendcups.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/gtkprintbackendcups.Tpo -c gtkprintbackendcups.c  -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/gtkprintbackendcups.o
:info:build gtkprintbackendcups.c: In function 'add_cups_options':
:info:build gtkprintbackendcups.c:516: error: 'ppd_coption_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
:info:build gtkprintbackendcups.c:516: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
:info:build gtkprintbackendcups.c:516: error: for each function it appears in.)
:info:build gtkprintbackendcups.c:516: error: 'coption' undeclared (first use in this function)
:info:build gtkprintbackendcups.c:520: warning: implicit declaration of function 'ppdFindCustomOption'
:info:build make[4]: *** [gtkprintbackendcups.lo] Error 1

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Possible wrong API selection? I can find no "ppd_coption_t" structure in the headers, nor any function ppdFindCustomOption().

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Please attach the complete main.log

[macports@…]

I performed a clean and rebuild for the attached log.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Closing as won't fix because there is no port maintainer and Tiger is not supported by Macports unless the maintainer wants to. So this is not likely to ever get fixed. You can re-open the ticket with a patch however. Perhaps try installing gtk3 as a workaround.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

See also #15132. This may be a duplicate of that ticket.

[macports@…]

Then how does one remove the package from upgrade lists without removing the installed version? Gtk2 is used by at least 5 other installed packages, which I try to keep current.

I think I'm going to make this machine a Linux box and NEVER AGAIN buy any product made or sold by Apple,Inc!

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

Looks like gtk2 now requires a newer version of CUPS than is available in Tiger.

I've disabled gtk2's cups support for Tiger in r89955. (It was already disabled for +universal on Tiger for a different reason.) That's probably the best we can do, given that Tiger is unsupported.

[macports@…]

Seems OK for now. Thanks much for that!

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

We should really look into not relying on the host's cups...

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Replying to jeremyhu:

We should really look into not relying on the host's cups...

If after 7 years someone wants to work on that, please open a separate ticket.