[MacPorts] #74411: aom @3.14.1 does not build on PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, because fatal: unable to access 'https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom.git/': Could not resolve host: aomedia.googlesource.com (Could not contact DNS servers)

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Wed Sep 9 19:59:42 UTC 2026


#74411: aom @3.14.1 does not build on PPC Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.8, because fatal:
unable to access 'https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom.git/': Could not
resolve host: aomedia.googlesource.com (Could not contact DNS servers)
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  Reporter:  ballapete  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.12.5
Resolution:             |   Keywords:  ppc leopard
      Port:  aom        |
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Comment (by ballapete):

 Before I used a `Portfile` that had these differences

 {{{
 --- /Volumes/BSD-Linux/MacPorts-Ports/multimedia/aom/Portfile   2026-09-09
 21:34:15.000000000 +0200
 +++ /var/root/Portfile-aom      2026-09-09 21:34:14.000000000 +0200
 @@ -19,14 +19,19 @@
  description             AV1 Codec Library
  long_description        {*}${description}

 -homepage                https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom
 +checksums               rmd160  97dcf6cfc1ab343f42578f37499db9f9ea0992fd
 \
 +                        sha256
 44bf90dbd23e734d50e70a8c41c285193922938bd0d3bc2ee56764d181d55ef5 \
 +                        size    6368868
 +
 +homepage                https://storage.googleapis.com/aom-releases
 +distname                lib${name}-${version}

  # use git fetch rather than downloading a snapshot tarball
  # which delivers a different checksum and size on each download
  # see https://github.com/google/gitiles/issues/84
 -fetch.type              git
 -git.url                 https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom.git
 -git.branch              v${version}
 +#fetch.type              git
 +#git.url                 https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom.git
 +#git.branch              v${version}
  #master_sites            https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/+archive
  #distname                v${version}

 @@ -36,8 +41,7 @@
  set pyver               3.14
  set python_version      [string index ${pyver} 0][string range ${pyver} 2
 end]

 -depends_build-append    bin:git:git \
 -                        port:perl5 \
 +depends_build-append    port:perl5 \
                          port:python${python_version}

  configure.args-append   -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
 }}}

 in order to build `aom @3.14.1` successfully from a tape archive file:

 {{{
   aom @3.14.1_0 (active) requested_variants='' platform='darwin 9'
 archs='ppc' date='2026-08-29T20:41:12+0200'
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/74411#comment:1>
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