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Attached to Project: Arch Linux 32
Opened by Admin - 14.11.2019
Last edited by Admin - 14.11.2019

FS#49 - ffmpeg update failures in release and testing

Attached to Project: Archlinux32
Opened by Levi - 20.08.2018
Last edited by Erich Eckner - 29.10.2018
 FS#49  - ffmpeg update failures in release and testing

When I have done a pacman -Syu recently, it offers to update libx264 with x264:

:: Replace libx264 with testing/x264? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies… looking for conflicting packages… error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing libx264 breaks dependency ‘libx264.so=152-32’ required by ffmpeg

As can be seen there, it fails because a dependency is not met.

This is reportedly also a problem on the release branches.

Using pacman’s query functionality I can see that x264 claims to provide libx264.so=155-32 rather than 152-32 i.e. x264 is too new for the current version of ffmpeg.

I consider this a high priority defect because ffmpeg is used by rather a lot of a/v playback and transcoding software.
Steps to reproduce

$ pacman -Syu

Workaround

Press n and enter when it offers to upgrade libx264. Ensure you’re not using multiple -ys on your pacman invocation.
Suggested fix

Provide an updated ffmpeg.
Closed by Erich Eckner
29.10.2018 11:50
Reason for closing: Fixed

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14.11.2019 19:59
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