ffmpeg update fails

[Chris Jones]

> On 22 Mar 2017, at 8:07 pm, tome at qx.net wrote:
> 
> Thank you for guiding me to the ticket.  I followed the patch instruction
> for lion at the end of the ticket and all was good until the very last
> step: sudo port install libarchive                                        
> Error: Unable to execute port: Could not open file:
> /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/archivers/libarchive/Portfile
> 
> I checked and the file was there, with superuser rw permissions.
> 
> I wanted to add my experience to the ticket, but was unable to determine
> how to do that.  If you will guide me once more, please tell me how to add
> to the ticket and I will continue from there.

You need a github account, and to then sign in with that to trac, to be able to post comments to a ticket.

> 
> Thank you
> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 21:12, tome at qx.net wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mac mini 2.7Ghz Intel Core i7
>>> 8 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3
>>> Lion OS X 10.7.5
>>> ffmpeg @3.1.4_0+gpl2+x11 (active)
>>> 
>>> Attempting this update broke my ffmpeg.  Port update was successful.
>>> Please help.
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Tom<main.log>
>> 
>> This is the libarchive build failure we already know about.
>> 
>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/53712
>> 
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