Trying downloading the package from website and execuing, it fail with this message: % skype-4.3.0.37/skype skype-4.3.0.37/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Package versions: % pkg info -ox qt4-dbus linux-f10 qt4-dbus-4.8.6_1 devel/dbus-qt4 linux-f10-alsa-lib-1.0.21_4 audio/linux-f10-alsa-lib linux-f10-alsa-plugins-oss-1.0.21_3 audio/linux-f10-alsa-plugins-oss linux-f10-atk-1.24.0 accessibility/linux-f10-atk linux-f10-cairo-1.8.0_2 graphics/linux-f10-cairo linux-f10-curl-7.19.6_1 ftp/linux-f10-curl linux-f10-cyrus-sasl2-2.1.22_1 security/linux-f10-cyrus-sasl2 linux-f10-expat-2.0.1 textproc/linux-f10-expat linux-f10-flashplugin-11.2r202.394 www/linux-f10-flashplugin11 linux-f10-fontconfig-2.6.0 x11-fonts/linux-f10-fontconfig linux-f10-gtk2-2.14.7_4 x11-toolkits/linux-f10-gtk2 linux-f10-jpeg-6b graphics/linux-f10-jpeg linux-f10-libasyncns-0.7 dns/linux-f10-libasyncns linux-f10-libsigc++20-2.2.2 devel/linux-f10-libsigc++20 linux-f10-libssh2-0.18 security/linux-f10-libssh2 linux-f10-libv4l-0.6.2 multimedia/linux-f10-libv4l linux-f10-nspr-4.7.6 devel/linux-f10-nspr linux-f10-nss-3.12.3.99.3_1 security/linux-f10-nss linux-f10-openldap-2.4.12_1 net/linux-f10-openldap linux-f10-openssl-0.9.8g security/linux-f10-openssl linux-f10-pango-1.28.3_1 x11-toolkits/linux-f10-pango linux-f10-png-1.2.37_2 graphics/linux-f10-png linux-f10-sqlite3-3.5.9_1 databases/linux-f10-sqlite3 linux-f10-tiff-3.8.2 graphics/linux-f10-tiff linux-f10-xorg-libs-7.4_1 x11/linux-f10-xorg-libs % pkg info -l qt4-dbus | grep QtDBus.so.4$ /usr/local/lib/qt4/libQtDBus.so.4 % ls -l /usr/local/lib/qt4/libQtDBus.so.4 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18 17 sep 07:16 /usr/local/lib/qt4/libQtDBus.so.4@ -> libQtDBus.so.4.8.6 Older version works but fail the communication (like other platforms and with newer version, probably due to protocol change).
Hi, Skype 4.3 needs a newer GLIBC, which Fedora 10 does not provide. On top of that, 4.3 needs syscalls that are not yet present in FreeBSD's Linux emulation layer, and will most likely not run for a few weeks to months. Best -xmj
Johannes, so how do we disposition this PR? Can you take it or close it?
Too bad xmj didn't provide any feedback. I'm moving this out of "triage" and into Siberia (open status). I don't know what else to do with it.
There's currently no fix for the problems yet. I've taken it and will mark it resolved once net-im/skype4 works as intended, even though this might take a few months.
Is this still relevant?
(In reply to w.schwarzenfeld from comment #5) Skype? Oh no, never! (and it will not for nothing) The Skype 4.x support is ended, so it will be removed from the ports: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/skype_linux-skype_startms-skype_installms/end-of-life-of-skype-for-linux-43/70fe7036-ddf3-4fa3-9c06-1bca3ec0226c?auth=1 Now it seems to be the 5.4 beta: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/skype_linux-skype_startms-skype_installms/whats-new-in-skype-54-for-linux-beta/8cd9c2e4-536f-4151-9af2-53f526d1d0f2 If is not possible to add the new version on the ports tree, it can be removed of there forever... Regards.
Ups, that was not the right reaction. Reopen.
Morning, We should probably mark for expiry and then delete net-im/skype and net-im/skype4 as they're no longer supported by the MS infrastructure. The last few times I took a look at porting any newer version, it always lacked some syscall or other, which made porting impossible. Best -xmj
Expired port removed.