yelp @3.36.0 build failure: libyelp/yelp-help-list.c: 'gio/gdesktopappinfo.h' file not found

[p-bro]

yelp @3.22.0 fails to build after migration to High Sierra (10.13.1):

libtool: compile:  /usr/bin/clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -DDATADIR=\"/opt/local/share\" -DYELP_ICON_PATH=\"/opt/local/share/yelp-xsl/icons\" -DYELP_WEB_EXTENSIONS_DIR=\"/opt/local/lib/yelp/web-extensions\" -I./libyelp -I/opt/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -D_REENTRANT -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0/unix-print -I/opt/local/include/webkitgtk-4.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/libsoup-2.4 -I/opt/local/include/libxml2 -I/opt/local/include/webkitgtk-4.0 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -Wno-deprecated-declarations -pipe -Os -arch x86_64 -g -O0 -MT libyelp/libyelp_libyelp_la-yelp-help-list.lo -MD -MP -MF libyelp/.deps/libyelp_libyelp_la-yelp-help-list.Tpo -c libyelp/yelp-help-list.c  -fno-common -DPIC -o libyelp/.libs/libyelp_libyelp_la-yelp-help-list.o
..
libyelp/yelp-help-list.c:26:10: fatal error: 'gio/gdesktopappinfo.h' file not found
#include <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h>
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [libyelp/libyelp_libyelp_la-yelp-help-list.lo] Error 1

Full log from port -d install yelp attached.

[p-bro]

Output from port -d install yelp

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This shouldn't be happening. yelp depends on gtk3 which depends on glib2 which provides /opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0/gio/gdesktopappinfo.h. Does that file exist on your system?

[p-bro]

No, file does not exist.

$ ll  /opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0/gio/
total 104
drwxr-xr-x  12 root  admin   408 15 Nov 18:53 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 15 Nov 18:53 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  2218 15 Nov 18:53 gfiledescriptorbased.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  1911 15 Nov 18:53 gosxappinfo.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  5761 15 Nov 18:53 gunixconnection.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  3197 15 Nov 18:53 gunixcredentialsmessage.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  4245 15 Nov 18:53 gunixfdlist.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  3767 15 Nov 18:53 gunixfdmessage.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  3018 15 Nov 18:53 gunixinputstream.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  6803 15 Nov 18:53 gunixmounts.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  3050 15 Nov 18:53 gunixoutputstream.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  3424 15 Nov 18:53 gunixsocketaddress.h

glib2 is installed

pbro@francis:~/Computer$ port installed glib2
The following ports are currently installed:
  glib2 @2.54.2_0+quartz (active)

Is it the +quartz variant that does not contain the file?

[jenstroeger (Jens Troeger)]

Confirmed on 10.11.6, and gdesktopappinfo.h is nowhere to be found.

[kencu (Ken)]

see 54981 and 53911 and 54379 for other ports with this same issue, and how it was approached in those cases.

[kencu (Ken)]

so <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h> looks like it's for X11 builds.

For +quartz builds, you would need to use <gio/gosxappinfo.h> instead.

Changing the header is easy, but then you need to rewrite (at least) the GUI parts of yelp-help-list.c to use it.

I tried digging in. Change GDesktopAppInfo to GOsxAppInfo in that file, and then g_desktop_app_info_new to g_osx_app_info_new, but it was not going to be that easy, and the application builds through, but just SegFaults, no doubt because I didn't initialize things correctly.

SO - AFAICT - yelp is +x11 only for the time being, until someone fixes this stuff up.

[kencu (Ken)]

has duplicate 57635

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

I'm working on an upgrade to yelp now so hopefully that will help. However, will look into a short term fix as well.

[jjstickel (Jonathan Stickel)]

I made a pull request: ​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/4775

[jjstickel (Jonathan Stickel)]

Ack, I see my PR does just what Ken tried (#comment:5). It builds fine, but segfaults. This seems to be the relevant ticket and discussion upstream: ​https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1263

Any help is appreciated. Most other gtk/gnome ports seem to work with +quartz, so this one should too.

[kencu (Ken)]

Still fails with yelp @3.36.0.

[kencu (Ken)]

homebrew does not appear to have a yelp formulae -- suggesting they could not get it fixed on quartz either. At least so far ;>

[kencu (Ken)]

see also 40116 which had some interesting potential patches for an older yelp version

[iefdev (Eric F)]

Same issue here… I was just trying to update meld, but it errored on yelp. (3.38.0)

:info:build libyelp/yelp-help-list.c:26:10: fatal error: 'gio/gdesktopappinfo.h' file not found
:info:build #include <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h>
:info:build          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:info:build 1 error generated.

[michaellass (Michael Lass)]

Replying to iefdev:

Same issue here… I was just trying to update meld, but it errored on yelp. (3.38.0)

Just to get yelp installed and meld updated, you can do something like the following:

port install glib2 -quartz +x11
port upgrade meld
port install glib2 +quartz -x11

I'm not sure though what effect this has on the compiled result. However, yelp will at least build and meld also generally works afterwards.

[iefdev (Eric F)]

Replying to michaellass:

Just to get yelp installed and meld updated, you can do something like the following:

port install glib2 -quartz +x11
port upgrade meld
port install glib2 +quartz -x11

I'm not sure though what effect this has on the compiled result. However, yelp will at least build and meld also generally works afterwards.

Thanks. I'll look at it, but meldis also +quartz, so I'll have to rebuild that one as weel. Don't know how many of the 50+ xtra deps that the mew meld wanted, that also needs quartz/x11, and I don't want to break any of the other ports I have that use quartz.

I've pegged the version of meld I have installed, so there's no panic.

[michaellass (Michael Lass)]

Replying to iefdev:

Thanks. I'll look at it, but meldis also +quartz, so I'll have to rebuild that one as weel. Don't know how many of the 50+ xtra deps that the mew meld wanted, that also needs quartz/x11, and I don't want to break any of the other ports I have that use quartz.

There would only be a issue if meld installs an additional new depenency that requires glib2+quartz-x11. In that case you can do:

port install glib2 -quartz +x11
port install yelp
port install glib2 +quartz -x11
port upgrade meld

There is no need to change any other port to +x11 and the change for glib2 is only temporary to get yelp building.

[kencu (Ken)]

I suggested to Dave that for quartz and for older systems, yelp should either be an empty port, or install a simple shell script that opens the browser to the main gnome help page (probably on the web, but maybe somehow to the local help files which are html).

It's been years, and upstream is not working on this, so it will never really be fixed, I think.

Here's the one I use on ppc:

<​https://github.com/kencu/LeopardPorts/blob/master/gnome/yelp/Portfile>

[iefdev (Eric F)]

Thanks. Yes, that sounds like a great idea. For meld (in my case), I'd be glad if I could run without yelp and search online instead – considered the amount deps it brings in (port rdeps yelp). I mean, for meld… there are so many deps in yelp it could do without - like all the gstreamer*, plugins, etc. (unless meld can diff two mp3 files, and play the differences. :P)

I'll try with the solution in your file.

[iefdev (Eric F)]

Replying to kencu:

Here's the one I use on ppc:

<​https://github.com/kencu/LeopardPorts/blob/master/gnome/yelp/Portfile>

Thanks again Ken!! It worked great. Now the upgrade only installed 1 xtra port.

[p-bro]

Error persists on 10.15.7 (Catalina) and yelp @3.38.1

[christophecvr (christophecvr)]

Yes problem still there today if you want to build with quartz on macos-10.13.6 (high sierra) But work around to install yelp works fine.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to christophecvr:

Yes problem still there today if you want to build with quartz on macos-10.13.6 (high sierra). But work around to install yelp works fine.

Yes... while the vast majority of ports work fine with quartz, there are a few that require the workaround. Another one is epiphany.