mpv: AttributeError: 'StrictVersion' object has no attribute 'version'

[mrkapqa]

Hello ,

i was hoping to install mpv on mac running lion 10.7.5.

getting an error here:

Error: Failed to configure mpv: configure failure: command execution failed

thank you very much.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Seems to be running under python 3.8, whereas the waf portgroup tries to use 2.7.

[sirn (Kridsada Thanabulpong)]

Can you try the current HEAD? This might be because of ​upstream change which I've also encountered while trying to get mpv to build on Apple Silicon (and might have fixed it alongside Apple Silicon support).

[mrkapqa]

Hello Joshua Root,

can you please show me how to install it with python 3.8, as it still fails to configure/install on Lion

Attempting to fetch mpv-0.33.1_1+audiocd+bluray+bundle+dvd+libarchive+network+opengl+osd+python39+rubberband+x11.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from http://cph.dk.packages.macports.org/mpv
--->  Fetching distfiles for mpv
--->  Attempting to fetch mpv-0.33.1.tar.gz from http://distfiles.macports.org/mpv
--->  Attempting to fetch waf-2.0.22 from http://distfiles.macports.org/mpv     
--->  Verifying checksums for mpv
--->  Extracting mpv
--->  Applying patches to mpv
--->  Configuring mpv
Warning: reinplace s/@@BACKEND@@/cocoa/ didn't change anything in /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_multimedia_mpv/mpv/work/mpv-0.33.1/TOOLS/config-maintainer
Error: Failed to configure mpv: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_multimedia_mpv/mpv/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there
is a bug.

[zsoltbarat]

I still have this issue with mpv-@0.34.0 on Apple Silicone (M1):

:info:configure   File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_multimedia_mpv/mpv/work/mpv-player-mpv-79b4060/waftools/detections/compiler_swift.py", line 158, in __find_macos_sdk
:info:configure     minor = string.ascii_lowercase.index(version_parts.group(2).lower())
:info:configure ValueError: substring not found

It seems like the fix for #8281 is still not in Version 0.34.0?

​https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/5ae6f04d6bb3647419b02e0e0f4d8198b9e44bb2

[zsoltbarat]

Seems to fail even with latest HEAD from mpv git repo:

Checking for macOS SDK                   : Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/.waf3-2.0.20-36f5354d605298f6a89c09e0c7ef6c1d/waflib/Scripting.py", line 119, in waf_entry_point
    run_commands()
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/.waf3-2.0.20-36f5354d605298f6a89c09e0c7ef6c1d/waflib/Scripting.py", line 182, in run_commands
    ctx=run_command(cmd_name)
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/.waf3-2.0.20-36f5354d605298f6a89c09e0c7ef6c1d/waflib/Scripting.py", line 173, in run_command
    ctx.execute()
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/.waf3-2.0.20-36f5354d605298f6a89c09e0c7ef6c1d/waflib/Configure.py", line 85, in execute
    super(ConfigurationContext,self).execute()
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/.waf3-2.0.20-36f5354d605298f6a89c09e0c7ef6c1d/waflib/Context.py", line 92, in execute
    self.recurse([os.path.dirname(g_module.root_path)])
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/.waf3-2.0.20-36f5354d605298f6a89c09e0c7ef6c1d/waflib/Context.py", line 133, in recurse
    user_function(self)
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/wscript", line 961, in configure
    ctx.load('detections.compiler_swift')
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/.waf3-2.0.20-36f5354d605298f6a89c09e0c7ef6c1d/waflib/Configure.py", line 156, in load
    func(self)
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/waftools/detections/compiler_swift.py", line 201, in configure
    __find_macos_sdk(ctx)
  File "/Users/zsolt/git_work/mpv/waftools/detections/compiler_swift.py", line 158, in __find_macos_sdk
    minor = string.ascii_lowercase.index(version_parts.group(2).lower())
ValueError: substring not found

[zsoltbarat]

Turns out I´d just have to set the proper Python version:

port select --set python python39

Configure then works.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This ticket is about the error AttributeError: 'StrictVersion' object has no attribute 'version' experienced on Lion, for which I have submitted a fix in ​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/14119.

The problems on Apple Silicon systems reported in subsequent comments are a different problem and should be filed in a different ticket.