MPlayer: build failure on OSX 10.4 ppc

[jasper@…]

After applying patch r105571 I tried to install mplayer but it said I had no suitable compilers. I have Xcode 2.5 installed which I beleive is the latest that will run on OSX 10.4/ppc. So I tried: sudo port install mplayer configure.compiler=apple-gcc-4.2 ...and it started building OK but threw up another error, logfile attached as main2.log

[jasper@…]

from attempt to build mplayer with apple-gcc-4.2

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to jasper@…:

After applying patch r105571

You should not have had to apply anything manually; that's a committed revision which should have been delivered to you by running sudo port selfupdate.

I tried to install mplayer but it said I had no suitable compilers.

Correct; the port blacklists all the compilers Xcode on Tiger includes and that MacPorts 2.1.x looks for. MacPorts 2.2 will look for more compilers automatically, including apple-gcc-4.2. So this portion of the bug report will either be resolved by releasing MacPorts 2.2 or by adding more compiler fallbacks to the MPlayer port.

I have Xcode 2.5 installed which I beleive is the latest that will run on OSX 10.4/ppc.

Correct, Xcode 2.5 is the latest version for Tiger.

So I tried: sudo port install mplayer configure.compiler=apple-gcc-4.2 ...and it started building OK but threw up another error, logfile attached as main2.log

Hmm... I don't know what this is:

:info:build In file included from /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/DriverServices.h:32,
:info:build                  from /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/CarbonCore.h:125,
:info:build                  from /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Headers/CoreServices.h:21,
:info:build                  from /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Headers/Carbon.h:20,
:info:build                  from input/ar.c:27:
:info:build /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/MachineExceptions.h:115: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'vector'

[jasper@…]

The line with the error is vector unsigned int v; It appears the compiler does not recognize 'vector' as a qualifier. Might be something to do with Altivec support.

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

Yes, also see #36942

:info:configure Checking for GCC AltiVec flags ... -maltivec -mabi=altivec

This probably needs -mcpu=ppc7450 or -faltivec ... I remember that the altivec compiler flags were a PITA to keep straight.

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

Give this a try:

Index: Portfile
===================================================================
--- Portfile	(revision 105581)
+++ Portfile	(working copy)
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
 
 patchfiles configure.x11.patch
 
+post-patch {
+    reinplace "s|-maltivec|-faltivec -maltivec|g" \
+        ${worksrcpath}/configure \
+        ${worksrcpath}/ffmpeg/configure
+}
+
 post-destroot {
     xinstall -d -m 0755 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
     eval file copy [glob ${worksrcpath}/DOCS/*] \

If that doesn't work, at least that should get you on the right track to figuring out the fix...

[jasper@…]

Works OK! Go ahead and commit! Thanks

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

r105593

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!