Error upgrading ffmpeg +x264

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Mon Jul 28 07:12:31 PDT 2008


Chris Janton wrote:
> The error with libx264 looks suspicious given that x264 is in the list  
> of outdated ports...
> If you let the upgrade finish then do
> 
> sudo port clean --work ffmpeg
> sudo port upgrade ffmpeg
> 
> it builds and installs properly.
> 
> My install of ffmpeg uses variant +x264
> 
> My guess is that this is a very difficult build dependency to  
> determine, since the dependency is only there if the variant is  
> selected.

The x264 port should automatically have been upgraded first since 
ffmpeg+x264 depends on it, but MacPorts doesn't realise that because the 
dep is added by a variant, as you guessed. This is a bug: 
<http://trac.macports.org/ticket/11891>

- Josh


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