[MacPorts] #33522: tovid package does not currently work

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#33522: tovid package does not currently work
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 Reporter:  dave.branton@…          |       Owner:  macports@…         
     Type:  defect                  |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:                     
Component:  ports                   |     Version:  2.0.4              
 Keywords:  tovid sox               |        Port:  tovid              
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

  * owner:  macports-tickets@… => macports@…


Old description:

> There are multiple problems with this package.
>
> 1) It fails to install the dependancy md5sum. This isn't a showstopper,
> the dependancy can be installed manually.
>
> 2) The scripts use the utility 'readlink', but pass it parameters that
> the osx version of readlink does not understand. Replacing readlink with
> greadlink (from the coreutils package) fixes the problem.
>
> 3) The final problem, that I have not yet been able to overcome, is that
> it appears to install the incorrect version of sox. Sox bails out
> complaining about incorrect parameters.

New description:

 There are multiple problems with this package.

  1. It fails to install the dependancy md5sum. This isn't a showstopper,
 the dependancy can be installed manually.
  2. The scripts use the utility 'readlink', but pass it parameters that
 the osx version of readlink does not understand. Replacing readlink with
 greadlink (from the coreutils package) fixes the problem.
  3. The final problem, that I have not yet been able to overcome, is that
 it appears to install the incorrect version of sox. Sox bails out
 complaining about incorrect parameters.

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Comment:

 1. As far as I am aware, no such software is available in MacPorts. md5sum
 is a utility commonly available on Linux, but not OS X. openssl provides
 similar capability; if tovid is not yet capable of using openssl instead
 of md5sum, tovid should be patched to gain that capability.
  2. Ideally tovid should be patched to work with OS X's BSD readline; if
 that's not possible, then patching it to use greadlink, and adding a
 dependency on coreutils, would be acceptable.
  3. There is only one version of sox (or any other port) available in
 MacPorts. If tovid is not compatible with the version of sox currently in
 MacPorts, tovid should be patched to be compatible with it.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33522#comment:1>
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