AudioFile is disabled

[OGZamasu]

https://audiofile.68k.org/

This is a common dependency. Just because this hasn't been updated, doesn't mean people don't still need it.

Everywhere, I follow directions for compiling a project I am working on. Instructions from a few months ago say to run brew install audiofile. It won't let me install audiofile.

I'm posting this in hopes that brew will re-add this.

Following instructions provided from the author's website results in errors when attempting to build this myself. I follow the directions exactly as they're written, and cannot install this.

Brew is supposed to make stuff like this easy. Please re-enable Audiofile.

Verification

• My "brew doctor output" above says Your system is ready to brew. and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• I ran brew update twice and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• This issue's title and/or description do not reference a single formula e.g. brew install wget. If they do, open an issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/new/choose instead.

brew config output

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.4.15
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: b6fafba4864d65acabf966415e14b2dd86d81e1a
Last commit: 3 days ago
Branch: stable
Core tap JSON: 07 Jan 22:30 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 07 Jan 22:30 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 14
Homebrew Ruby: 3.3.6 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.3.6/bin/ruby
CPU: 14-core 64-bit arm_palma
Clang: 16.0.0 build 1600
Git: 2.47.1 => /opt/homebrew/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 15.2-arm64
CLT: 15.3.0.0.1.1708646388
Xcode: 16.2
Rosetta 2: false

What were you trying to do (and why)?

Install Audiofile. It is a common dependency required to compile something else.

What happened (include all command output)?

Error: audiofile has been disabled because it is not maintained upstream! It was disabled on 2024-02-15.

What did you expect to happen?

Install audiofile, a COMMON DEPENDENCY

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

brew install audiofile

[SMillerDev]

Following instructions provided from the author's website results in errors when attempting to build this myself. I follow the directions exactly as they're written, and cannot install this.

That's exactly why it's disabled. It doesn't build anymore, and upstream hasn't maintained it to continue working.

[OGZamasu]

I managed to build it using a utility called Port which I believe is similar to Brew. It built just fine last night after I rounded up dependencies. I then continued to build the app that wasn’t working prior. So pardon my ignorance. But as a software engineer, I don’t understand how Port can still build audiofile, but Brew no longer can. I think it’s been disabled, but is still able to be built. I think perhaps this could be re enabled or perhaps a workaround provided. It was a requirement to build the Super Mario 64 decompilation on new Apple silicon. For educational sake, can you tell me why this wouldn’t be viable? I hear about it no longer being maintained, but old software doesn’t just stop working. Thank you On Jan 8, 2025, at 4:27 AM, Sean Molenaar ***@***.***> wrote:  Following instructions provided from the author's website results in errors when attempting to build this myself. I follow the directions exactly as they're written, and cannot install this. That's exactly why it's disabled. It doesn't build anymore, and upstream hasn't maintained it to continue working. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#203564 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AE56T73IRG5VSTBVRZVMSMT2JTVOHAVCNFSM6AAAAABUZLZNS2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDKNZXGE4TEOBUHE>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[SMillerDev]

I hear about it no longer being maintained, but old software doesn’t just stop working. Thank you

It does when everything else continues updating. As you can see in #123217 it doesn't work with a modern GCC, which is something that Brew considers a bigger problem than Macports does.

I don’t understand how Port can still build audiofile, but Brew no longer can.

Probably MacPorts keeps adding patches while Homebrew decided that years of unanswered patches meant that it was never going to be fixed properly.