Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:42:02 -0700 (PDT) From: White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: win32-codecs-3.1.0.r1,1 marked FORBIDDEN Message-ID: <499899.69684.qm@web34404.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Lars Eighner luvbeastie@larseighner.com= =0A=0A=0A> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, White Hat wrote:=0A=0A>> I have noticed tha= t port "/multimedia/win32-codecs " has been marked=0A>> 'FORBIDDEN' for qu= ite sometime now. This is the win32-codecs-3.1.0.r1,1=0A>> port. I would re= ally like to get this port installed. Is there any way to=0A>> circumvent t= his 'FORBIDDEN' problem? Perhaps someone knows when this port=0A>> will be = made available again?=0A=0A> If you don't know enough to comment out the FO= RBIDDEN line in the Makefile,=0A> perhaps you shouldn't have this port.=0A= =0AWell, that is an option. From what I have discovered, the problem is wit= h the QuickTime codec. It has been a problem for an extended period of time= . Perhaps the maintainer should just remove that option form the port, or i= ssue a warning that, that codec cannot be installed without specifically mo= difying the 'makefile' or perhaps using a specific directive on the command= line.=0A=0AThen again, why make things simple.=0A=0ABTW, I am subscribed t= o the list. There is no need to Cc: me. I don't need, nor did I request it.= =0A-- =0AWhite Hat=0Apigskin_referee@yahoo.com=0A=0AClark's Law: Sufficient= ly advanced cluelessness is indistinguishable from malice.=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A_= ___________________________________________________________________________= ________=0ANeed Mail bonding?=0AGo to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips fr= om Yahoo! Answers users.=0Ahttp://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=3Dlist&sid=3D= 396546091
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