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. --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce
