Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 04:30:10 GMT From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/111088: 6.2-REL multimedia/mplayer package doesn't install libmp3lame.so.0 Message-ID: <200704020430.l324UAxv017049@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/111088; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: "Thomas E. Zander" <riggs@rrr.de> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/111088: 6.2-REL multimedia/mplayer package doesn't install libmp3lame.so.0 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:25:18 +1000 On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 05:40:09AM +0200, Thomas E. Zander wrote: > The problem with this is that due to licensing restrictions, we may not > provide a binary package for lame, but for mplayer we can. In addition > to the current workaround, i.e. > > a) install lame from ports, then > b) install mplayer from $wherever > > the only way I see to prevent the problem this pr is mentioning is to > exclude mplayer from binary packaging as well. As a result, it would > always be necessary to build both lame and mplayer from ports. This > seems even more uncomfortable to me. > > Edwin, is there some general policy or porter's rule what to do in > such a case? My suggestion is to make a slave-port called mplayer-nolame which doesn't require audio/lame to be installed. That way mplayer can be installed via a package without having to install audio/lame manually. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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