Re: VLC for PowerPC: make a separate port or modify existing?

2023-08-04 Thread Ken Cunningham
even if you find some old version that still builds on the ancient systems ... pointlessly out of date. yet MPlayer is right up to the minute, and worked very well even on Tiger PPC last I tried it. Anyway, play with VLC as you wish, of course. > On Aug 4, 2023, at 5:26 PM, Sergey Fedorov

Re: VLC for PowerPC: make a separate port or modify existing?

2023-08-04 Thread Sergey Fedorov
Don’t worry, I will not submit a PR for VLC unless it actually works with video. There is no point otherwise. If it does not, I just leave it. But for now it still makes sense to have an idea what to do with the port *IF* it works. On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 7:02 AM Ken Cunningham <

Re: VLC for PowerPC: make a separate port or modify existing?

2023-08-04 Thread Ken Cunningham
For playing videos on older systems, I think MPlayer is the way to go. Give that a try if you haven't. Ken On 2023-08-04, at 3:57 PM, Sergey Fedorov wrote: > I need an advice. > > We got VLC2 port (which is totally broken for all systems) and VLC port, > which installs pre-built binary.

VLC for PowerPC: make a separate port or modify existing?

2023-08-04 Thread Sergey Fedorov
I need an advice. We got VLC2 port (which is totally broken for all systems) and VLC port, which installs pre-built binary. Neither supports PPC, obviously, and even i386. Leaving the main VLC aside, VLC2 is already a mess and in the present state is unusable for practical purposes. Rewriting

Re: How to rebuild after failed install-dependencies

2023-08-04 Thread Chris Jones
On 04/08/2023 2:16 pm, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via macports-dev wrote: I am monitoring several ports after a broken dependency was fixed.  I notice that the dependent ports remain broken, and there does not seem to be an automatic trigger to rebuild and update their port health as

How to rebuild after failed install-dependencies

2023-08-04 Thread Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via macports-dev
I am monitoring several ports after a broken dependency was fixed. I notice that the dependent ports remain broken, and there does not seem to be an automatic trigger to rebuild and update their port health as seen on the ports website. Is there a recommended procedure to trigger rebuilds in