The ease of downloading precompiled binaries.

[David Strubbe]

I'm not sure what you saying here. MacPorts only ever links against the
current version of a library. Why don't you explain what kind of problem
you are having here, and perhaps we can help more?

David

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Michael <keybounce at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like to understand the Mac ports philosophy on this.
>
> I was able to download a precompiled binary for ffmpeg, and ffprobe.
>
> In both cases, it was a single file. In both cases it just worked.
>
> Right now, trying to deal with a current version that won't compile, and
> past versions that are linked against different versions of libraries, it
> is a complete bleep.
>
> Why is it not possible to just ask for "link against whatever version of
> this library is current"?
> Why, if I have to link against one exact specific version of a library at
> one exact location, can I not just make it a static link?
>
> Why do I have to have what looks to be the worst possible case of dynamic
> linking?
>
> As I said: I'm trying to understand the thinking here. I'm trying to
> understand the philosophy here.
>
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