Can't build mplayer-skins: checksum missing error

[Kent Stewart]

On Wednesday 04 January 2006 07:45 pm, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 06:15:46PM -0500, Chris Hill wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> > >I'm trying to build mplayer-skins as part of an upgrade of GNOME.
> > >I am unable to get around a weird error with a supposedly missing
> > >checksum in mplayer. After I choose my options (the default skin
> > >only), I get:
> > >
> > >===> Options unchanged
> > >===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
> > >===> Extracting for mplayer-skins-1.1.2_1
> > >=> No MD5 checksum recorded for mplayer/.
> > >=> No suitable checksum found for mplayer/.
> > >*** Error code 1
> > >
> > >In multimedia/mplayer/distinfo I do have what appears to be MD5
> > > and SHA256 checksums. I have cvsupped my ports tree, distcleaned
> > > both the mplayer and the mplayer-skins ports, and removed and
> > > rebuilt mplayer, all with no effect.
> > >
> > >What else can I try?
> >
> > You could try "make -DNO_CHECKSUM install". Probably not a bad idea
> > anyway, for this particular port.
>
> I did try this, and it didn't work. I also do not have GREP_OPTIONS
> defined, as another poster asked.

When this happens, cd into distfiles/mplayer and remove the files. Then, 
it will download them successfully.

Kent

> I ended up just installing the package, which worked, though
> it required a download of 12MB worth of stuff I don't use.
>
> I wish it were possible to just ship mplayer with the default
> skin only, and leave the others in the mplayer-skins port; I
> always have problems with this port and I never use anything
> but the default.  But that's another issue.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
>
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