[MacPorts] #69855: XviD: Missing unversioned symlink

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#69855: XviD: Missing unversioned symlink
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  Reporter:  TurtleWilly  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:  XviD         |
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 Replying to [ticket:69855 TurtleWilly]:
 > Anything that links with -lxvidcore will automatically link statically.
 The .dylib is entirely useless like that. I do recommend adding an extra
 symlink to the versioned lib in "post-destroot":

 I agree with everything except that we should do this in post-destroot.
 The build system should do this automatically. The fact that it doesn't is
 an upstream bug that needs to be reported to them so they can fix it
 properly. Or they may have already fixed it; their last release was in
 2019 but there were commits in their repository as recently as two years
 ago. Unfortunately they use a Subversion repository which is password-
 protected even for read access and their [http://websvn.xvid.org web-based
 ViewVC viewer] does not appear to have a log feature where one could see a
 simple list of changes that have been made over time.

 Also [https://labs.xvid.com the XviD web site] seems designed to prevent
 anyone from discovering how to report a bug. There is an email contact
 link at the bottom of their web site that I have not tried. I did
 eventually find [https://git.xvid.com their GitLab installation], which
 isn't mentioned anywhere on the web site, and a subpage of it that didn't
 require a login but where there would normally be a link to GitLab issues
 there is instead a link to [https://jira.xvid.com a Jira installation].
 Safari does not want me to access that Jira installation because
 [https://sslmate.com/blog/post/apples_new_ct_policy its certificate is not
 standards-compliant].

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