[Ffmpeg-devel] problem compiling ffmpeg- please help

[Diego Biurrun]

PLEASE don't top-post.

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 12:37:35PM -0800, Paul Buelow wrote:
> 
> Thanks. If you have any thing specific to note let me know.  I have 
> read every doc and every post related to the subject. Sorry that I am 
> not more clear or knowledegable enough to resolve this alone. I have 
> tried for many weeks. Apparently there are many others with BSD in the 
> same sitaution and none of know what to do. Do you?

Yes.  Install and use GNU Make as was already pointed out.  Apparently
this information is missing from the (empty but present) BSD section of
our documentation.  I'll add it tomorrow when I have access to my
development machine again.

Diego

> On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 11:59:57AM -0800, Paul Buelow wrote:
> >>gmake not found though I normally use make.
> >
> >There is no way to help you if you refuse to follow instructions...
> >
> >And please don't top-post.
> >
> >>On Feb 3, 2006, at 10:36 AM, Erik Slagter wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 11:28 -0800, Paul Buelow wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>I am receiving errors attempting to compile on bsd. I have tried
> >>>>everything I can think of, the latest cvs, .49 and .48 with the same
> >>>>results. I am root and the files have been chmod 777.
> >>>>example
> >>>>>make
> >>>>"Makefile", line 12: Missing dependency operator
> >>>>"Makefile", line 15: Need an operator
> >>>>"Makefile", line 20: Missing dependency operator
> >>>
> >>>Looks you will have to use gmake instead of the native bsd make.