From: Brad Smith <brad@comstyle.com>
Subject: Re: UPDATE: libass 0.17.5
To: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 23:45:04 -0400

On 2026-07-06 8:07 a.m., Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2026/07/03 22:25, Brad Smith wrote:
>> Here is an update to libass 0.17.5.
> what has it been tested with already? (wondering if the .la removal
> might cause any issues but I really don't want to install all the
> qt/kde stuff to test if I don't have to).

Build tested with all relevant ports. Run-time tested with VLC/mpv.

None of the QT/KDE stuff are relevant.

>> -WANTLIB=	${COMPILER_LIBCXX} expat fontconfig freetype fribidi glib-2.0 \
>> -		graphite2 harfbuzz iconv intl m pcre2-8 unibreak z
> ...
>>   COMPILER=	base-clang ports-gcc
>>   COMPILER_LANGS=	c
> ha, something was previously wrong there, then!

libass is only C code.

> $ grep libass INDEX |cut -d\| -f2
> graphics/ffmpeg
> multimedia/gstreamer1/plugins-bad
> multimedia/handbrake
> multimedia/libass
> multimedia/mpv
> security/gnupg
> security/gpgme
> security/libassuan
> security/pinentry
> security/pinentry,
> security/pinentry,,-gnome3
> security/pinentry,,-qt5
> security/pinentry,,-qt6
> security/pinentry,-gnome3
> security/pinentry,-qt5
> security/pinentry,-qt6
> security/pinentry-dmenu
> x11/kde-applications/kleopatra
> x11/mplayer
> x11/vlc

With another port with a similar name that catches a bunch that are not 
relevant.

The list is...

graphics/ffmpeg
multimedia/gstreamer1/plugins-bad
multimedia/handbrake
multimedia/mpv
x11/vlc
x11/mplayer