[MacPorts] #33489: MPlayer @1.0rc4 - hidden dependencies

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#33489: MPlayer @1.0rc4 - hidden dependencies
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  Reporter:  hans@…         |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal         |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  ports          |     Version:  2.0.4                                
Resolution:  wontfix        |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:  MPlayer        |  
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Comment(by hans@…):

 > Regarding that comment, the "let autodetect do its magic" part means
 that explicit {{{--enable-foo}}} or {{{--enable-foo=/opt/local}}} do not
 do the right thing with (ancient) mplayer's ./configure.  To enable a
 feature you really do need to remove the --disable-foo flag but just let
 ./configure autodetect that foo is present, instead of adding --enable-foo
 like you do in normal autoconf'd programs.  But the removing of --disable-
 foo only happens inside variant blocks where the necessary depends are
 added

 I believe a comment like this should be present in the Portfile
 to explain it to the innocent Portifle reader.

 > ffmpeg is odd since it used to always use a private internal copy and
 not link against the system version...  In fact in comment 2 I don't see
 ffmpeg listed there.  Are you sure it was complaining about ffmpeg and not
 just opencore-amr?

 Yes you, are right. It does not depend on ffmpeg (as installed by the
 ffmpeg port).
 It links (statically, probably) against its own copy of ffmpeg.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33489#comment:7>
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