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 <[email protected]> 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. > > --- > Entertaining minecraft videos > http://YouTube.com/keybounce > >
