[MacPorts] #38205: libvpx: configure failure

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#38205: libvpx: configure failure
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  Reporter:  vgmbabbab@…  |      Owner:  jeremyhu@…
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.1.3
Resolution:  fixed        |   Keywords:
      Port:  libvpx       |
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Comment (by egall@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 vgmbabbab@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 egall@…]:
 > > This is probably the relevant part of the log:
 > > {{{
 > >     :info:configure Unrecognized toolchain 'ppc32-darwin-gcc'
 > > }}}
 > > libvpx uses some x86 assembly in it so it makes sense that it would
 fail on ppc. This should probably be marked in the Portfile though.
 > I'm actually trying to install gimp.  and this was in deps list
 > do i need libvpx to use gimp?

 This is a little late, but libvpx is a video compression library used by
 ffmpeg, and ffmpeg is needed by gegl, which in turn is needed by gimp2. So
 it's 3 dependency levels down.

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