Hello! Try using different as: install /usr/ports/devel/binutils use something like, sed -i .new 's/AS=.*$/AS=\/usr\/local\/bin\/as' $mplayer_src_dir/config.mak && mv $mplayer_src_dir/config.mak.new $mplayer_src_dir/config.mak after this, (almost) newest mplayer compiles for me without any problems. Wbr,