ports/111088: 6.2-REL multimedia/mplayer package doesn't install libmp3lame.so.0

[Thomas E. Zander]

The following reply was made to PR ports/111088; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Thomas E. Zander" <riggs at rrr.de>
To: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Cc: edwin at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/111088: 6.2-REL multimedia/mplayer package doesn't
	install libmp3lame.so.0
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 05:40:09 +0200

 The problem with this is that due to licensing restrictions, we may not
 provide a binary package for lame, but for mplayer we can. In addition
 to the current workaround, i.e.
 
 a) install lame from ports, then
 b) install mplayer from $wherever
 
 the only way I see to prevent the problem this pr is mentioning is to
 exclude mplayer from binary packaging as well. As a result, it would
 always be necessary to build both lame and mplayer from ports. This
 seems even more uncomfortable to me.
 
 Edwin, is there some general policy or porter's rule what to do in
 such a case?
 
 Riggs
 
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