ffmpeg: build failure on ppc running osx 10.4

[jasper@…]

here is the session:

barbie:~ jaspert$ sudo port clean ffmpeg
--->  Cleaning ffmpeg
barbie:~ jaspert$ sudo port install ffmpeg
--->  Computing dependencies for ffmpeg
--->  Fetching archive for ffmpeg
--->  Attempting to fetch ffmpeg-1.2_1+gpl2.darwin_8.ppc.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/ffmpeg
--->  Attempting to fetch ffmpeg-1.2_1+gpl2.darwin_8.ppc.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/ffmpeg
--->  Attempting to fetch ffmpeg-1.2_1+gpl2.darwin_8.ppc.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/ffmpeg
--->  Fetching distfiles for ffmpeg
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for ffmpeg
--->  Extracting ffmpeg
--->  Configuring ffmpeg
--->  Building ffmpeg
Error: org.macports.build for port ffmpeg returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port ffmpeg for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_multimedia_ffmpeg/ffmpeg/main.log
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Error: Processing of port ffmpeg failed

[jasper@…]

log referenced in session

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Thanks. In the future, please Cc relevant port maintainers, fill in the Port field, and use WikiFormatting in your ticket descriptions.

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

:info:build /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -dynamiclib -Wl,-single_module -Wl,-install_name,/opt/local/lib/libavdevice.54.dylib,-current_version,54.3.103 -Llibavcodec -Llibavdevice -Llibavfilter -Llibavformat -Llibavresample -Llibavutil -Llibpostproc -Llibswscale -Llibswresample -L/opt/local/lib -arch ppc  -Wl,-dynamic,-search_paths_first -o libavdevice/libavdevice.54.dylib libavdevice/alldevices.o libavdevice/avdevice.o libavdevice/lavfi.o libavdevice/sdl.o -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lavutil -liconv -ljack -L/opt/local/lib -lSDLmain -Wl,-framework,AppKit -lSDL -Wl,-framework,Cocoa -lxvidcore -lx264 -lvpx -lvpx -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -logg -ltheoraenc -ltheoradec -logg -lspeex -L/opt/local/lib -lschroedinger-1.0 -L/opt/local/lib -lopus -lopenjpeg -lmp3lame -lmodplug -L/opt/local/lib -lfreetype -lm -lbz2 -lz 
:info:build ld: warning can't open dynamic library: /opt/local/lib/libswresample.0.dylib referenced from: libavfilter/libavfilter.dylib (checking for undefined symbols may be affected) (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
:info:build ld: warning can't open dynamic library: /opt/local/lib/libpostproc.52.dylib referenced from: libavfilter/libavfilter.dylib (checking for undefined symbols may be affected) (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
:info:build ld: warning can't open dynamic library: /opt/local/lib/libswscale.2.dylib referenced from: libavfilter/libavfilter.dylib (checking for undefined symbols may be affected) (No such file or directory, errno = 2)

Please try:

sudo port -f uninstall ffmpeg
sudo port install ffmpeg

[jasper@…]

Result is much the same:

barbie:~ jaspert$ grep "can't" /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_multimedia_ffmpeg/ffmpeg/main.log
:info:build ld: warning can't open dynamic library: /opt/local/lib/libswresample.0.dylib referenced from: libavfilter/libavfilter.dylib (checking for undefined symbols may be affected) (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
:info:build ld: warning can't open dynamic library: /opt/local/lib/libpostproc.52.dylib referenced from: libavfilter/libavfilter.dylib (checking for undefined symbols may be affected) (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
:info:build ld: warning can't open dynamic library: /opt/local/lib/libswscale.2.dylib referenced from: libavfilter/libavfilter.dylib (checking for undefined symbols may be affected) (No such file or directory, errno = 2)

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

Hmm... then I wonder if this is an issue with Tiger's ancient linker not finding those in the build directories at link time. I see -Llibswresample in LDFLAGS and assume libswresample.0.dylib should be in there...

Try:

sudo port clean ffmpeg
sudo port install apple-gcc42
sudo port install ffmpeg configure.compiler=apple-gcc-4.2

[jasper@…]

Already had apple-gcc42 installed -- result is a different error, see main2.log

[jasper@…]

main.log using gcc-apple-4.2

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

:info:build /usr/bin/ld: -i argument: nstall_name must have a ':' between its symbol names

It looks like you have apple-gcc42 installed with the +bootstrap variant. Please do:

sudo port install cctools
sudo port cctools
sudo port install ffmpeg configure.compiler=apple-gcc-4.2

[jasper@…]

could not install cctools because it depended on ld64 which failed, see ticket 38931

[t.tensi@…]

Dear Jasper,

as mentioned in ticket ​38931, LD64 can be fixed to build on Tiger.

After that fix, the build for FFMPEG on Tiger works (at least for me).

Best regards, Thomas

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

Ok, so with #38931 resolved, it seems this should be resolved as well.