ffmpeg unexpectedly uninstalled

[Michael Newman]

I'm using the -f option because I copied it from some recommendation I read somewhere. I'm not smart enough to figure things like this out myself so I usually rely on what I find by searching. For years I just ran:

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port upgrade outdated

But then I read somewhere that to remove unneeded junk I should also run:

sudo port -f clean --all all
sudo port -f uninstall inactive
sudo port uninstall leaves

I guess I found out that was wrong. What should I run when I do my periodic selfupdate?

And, yes, I'm sure there was not another version of ffmpeg installed. I have a shell script that runs daily which uses ffmpeg. When I ran the script after updating macports there was an error message about there being no /opt/local/bin/ffmpeg. After I installed ffmpeg the script ran OK.

> On Jan 4, 2022, at 08:05, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> On 3 Jan 2022, at 11:54 pm, Michael Newman via macports-users <macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:
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>> When I periodically update MacPorts I also run:
>> 
>> sudo port -f uninstall inactive
> 
> Why are you using the -f option here. That could force something to happen that might not be a good idea. Generally speaking you should not use it as a matter of course, and only when you really need to, for some specific reason.
> 
>> 
>> This seemed to work fine until last month when ffmpeg was uninstalled. I reinstalled and forgot about it.
>> 
>> But, it happened again yesterday:
>> 
>> --->  Deactivating ffmpeg @4.4.1_1+gpl2
>> --->  Cleaning ffmpeg
>> --->  Uninstalling ffmpeg @4.4.1_1+gpl2
>> --->  Cleaning ffmpeg
>> 
>> So, I reinstalled and tried:
>> 
>> MrMuscle:~ mnewman$ sudo port -f uninstall inactive
>> Password:
>> Error: No ports matched the given expression
>> 
>> I checked the "requested" ports here from a file I created for the Big Sur migration:
>> 
>> MrMuscle:~ mnewman$ ls -la /Users/mnewman/Desktop/requested.txt
>> -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 mnewman  staff  359 Jun  8  2021 /Users/mnewman/Desktop/requested.txt*
>> MrMuscle:~ mnewman$ grep ffmpeg /Users/mnewman/Desktop/requested.txt
>> ffmpeg
>> 
>> So, ffmpeg is definitely a requested port.
>> 
>> I'm baffled. What's going on here?
> 
> Are you sure you don’t still have a version of ffmpeg installed ? The above only temoved inactive ports, it did not uninstall any active ports.
> 
>> 
>> Mike Newman
>> Korat, Thailand
>>