Ticket #26390 (closed defect: duplicate)
ffmpeg 0.6 install gives "too many nested evaluations" error
| Reported by: | mac@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 1.9.1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Port: | xorg-xcb-proto |
Description
Attempting to install ffmpeg on a fresh system fails when computing dependencies:
Computing dependencies for ffmpeg Error: Internal error: port lookup failed: too many nested evaluations (infinite loop?)
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I installed dependencies until I found the infinite loop:
xorg-libX11 -> xorg-libxcb -> xorg-xcb-proto -> python26 -> tk -> Xft2 -> xrender -> xorg-libX11
Installing python26 with the +no_tkinter broke the infinite loop and allowed me to install ffmpeg.