[FFmpeg-cvslog] r15521 - trunk/doc/general.texi

[ramiro]

Author: ramiro
Date: Thu Oct  2 19:39:30 2008
New Revision: 15521

Log:
Specify minimum version for some MinGW packages.

Modified:
   trunk/doc/general.texi

Modified: trunk/doc/general.texi
==============================================================================
--- trunk/doc/general.texi	(original)
+++ trunk/doc/general.texi	Thu Oct  2 19:39:30 2008
@@ -443,11 +443,22 @@ the FFmpeg Windows Help Forum at
 @subsection Native Windows compilation
 
 FFmpeg can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW tools. Install
-the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. Also
-install the coreutils package, and update to the latest MSYS make (note: not
-mingw32-make). You can find detailed installation
+the latest versions of MSYS and MinGW from @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
+You can find detailed installation
 instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
 
+FFmpeg does not build out-of-the-box with the packages the automated MinGW
+installer provides. It also requires coreutils to be installed and many other
+packages updated to the latest version. The minimum version for some packages
+are listed below:
+
+ at itemize
+ at item bash 3.1
+ at item msys-make 3.81-2 (note: not mingw32-make)
+ at item w32api 3.12
+ at item mingw-runtime 3.15
+ at end itemize
+
 Within the MSYS shell, configure and make with:
 
 @example
@@ -464,9 +475,6 @@ Notes:
 
 @itemize
 
- at item Use at least bash 3.1. Older versions are known to fail on the
-configure script.
-
 @item In order to compile vhooks, you must have a POSIX-compliant libdl in
 your MinGW system. Get dlfcn-win32 from
 @url{http://code.google.com/p/dlfcn-win32}.