How to build VLC port

[Warren Block]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Richard Mace wrote:

> Sorry if this is well-known. I have googled but came up with nothing. (I am
> relatively new to FreeBSD.)
>
> I am running 8.0-RELEASE. I am trying to build VLC with
>
> # cd /usr/ports
> # make install clean
>
> But I get the message:
>
> ===>  vlc-1.0.3_4,3 is marked as broken: doesn't build with dirac.
> *** Error code 1
>
> I tried a
>
> # make config
>
> but cannot find out how to turn off the dirac depends (is it possible?).

The multimedia/vlc Makefile automatically enables dirac use if 
libdirac_decoder.a is already installed.

You can override that, but not through the menu options:

make -DWITHOUT_DIRAC install clean

Or you can uninstall the multimedia/dirac port (if nothing is using it) 
before installing vlc.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA