Is mplayer port broken ?

[Joshua Lokken]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:44:33 +0100, Xinizul Xinizul <xinizul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> I'm trying to make the port mplayer using "make install clean"
> mechanism in my FreeBSD 5.3
> 
> I get the following message:
> 
> -------------------
> 
> >> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/.
> fetch: ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/Blue-1.4.tar.bz2: size
> mismatch: expected 221757, actual 221736
> >> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/Skin/.
> fetch: ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/Skin/Blue-1.4.tar.bz2: Operation timed out
> >> Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/mplayer/.
> fetch: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/mplayer/Blue-1.4.tar.bz2:
> size mismatch: expected 221757, actual 221736
> >> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/mplayer and try again.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer-skins.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer.
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> Could someone help me to workaround this or to notify to the
> maintainer about this issue ?

Feel free to let the maintainer of the port know; the email
address is in the Makefile.  You can build it without the
skins by doing:

# make -DWITHOUT_SKINS install clean

HTH,
-- 
Joshua Lokken
Open Source Advocate