[MacPorts] #29442: gstreamermm 0.10.9.1 Port

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#29442: gstreamermm 0.10.9.1 Port
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 Reporter:  arcnorj@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  submission         |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal             |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports              |     Version:  1.9.2                                
 Keywords:                     |        Port:  gstreamermm                          
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Comment(by ryandesign@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 arcnorj@…]:
 > Sorry, this is my first port and didn't have the time to test with an
 empty Macports installation.

 No problem; we wouldn't expect you to go to that trouble; I know I don't.
 But that's why I at least try to install submitted ports before committing
 them, to make sure there's at least two people who were successful in
 building the port.

 >  * I added bzip2 like in the example portfile that adds zlib. I thought
 it was needed for the extracting of the package (as is a tar.bz2 package,
 but .tar.gz packages are also provided). Do you mean that I don't have to
 add the bzip2 dependency if I add the use_bzip2 flag, or that I can simply
 use the gz packages?

 If you mean the [http://guide.macports.org/#development.examples.basic
 rrdtool portfile example shown in the guide], then the reason it lists a
 library dependency on zlib is that the rrdtool software actually uses the
 libz.dylib library. All the extract options (use_bzip2, use_zip, use_xz,
 use_7z) automatically add the necessary extraction utilities to
 depends_extract; you don't have to do anything extra. It's preferred to
 use the smallest distfile, so since bz2 files are smaller than gz files,
 use bz2 files when available. Unless xz files are available, which are
 even smaller. Note that by the way the zlib port is for the libz library,
 while the utility used to extract .gz files is the gzip program, available
 in the gzip port.

 >  * I used cairomm-devel because is the most recent version and the one I
 tried, but I can try to compile it with cairomm to see if it works.

 cairomm-devel is for the most recent ''development'' version, while
 cairomm is for the latest ''stable'' version. (Well, it's supposed to be,
 but actually I see cairomm is a version behind; I've filed #29450 asking
 for it to be updated.) So yes, please depend on cairomm, if that will
 function; -devel ports should not be listed as dependencies, unless the
 software will not work with the latest stable version and actually
 requires a newer development version. Also, when declaring dependencies on
 ports which have -devel and non-devel versions, use path:-style (not
 port:-style) dependencies; see #14540.

 >  * I added md5 checksum because other ports and the Macports guide have
 them.

 md5 checksums are being removed from other ports as they're updated, if
 the person updating the port remembers to do so. I'll work on removing
 references to md5 checksums from the guide.

 >  * I'll do that [[br]]
 > [[br]]
 > As per the error, it seems that gstreamer-plugins-? is really needed
 (but the documentation didn't say anything about it). I'll try to narrow
 down to the least requirements and repost the portfile.

 I'll bet some of these ports are needed?
 {{{
 $ port echo name:gst-plugins
 gst-plugins-bad
 gst-plugins-base
 gst-plugins-gl
 gst-plugins-good
 gst-plugins-ugly
 }}}

 > Thanks for your help!

 Thank you!

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