[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Only install SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR forMinGW

[Víctor Paesa]

Hi,

> Ramiro Polla skrev:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Currently, on MinGW, 3 copies of the shared libraries are made on
>> installation. Since Windows doesn't understand symlinks, ln -sf just
>> makes copies.
>
> Well actually, NTFS 5.0 has support for symlinks.
> http://www.nedprod.com/programs/Win32/SymLink/

A similar smaller utility is:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Junction.mspx

But both allow just symlinks to directorie (and need W2000 or newer).
If I recall correctly, Vista promises to allow symlinks to files.

But that would be restricting the platforms supported by FFMpeg and/or
introducing a dependency on an unusual utility.
I prefer Ramiro's solution.

>
>> Attached patch specifies which slib to install, and ignores the links
>> on MinGW.
>>
>> (I can foresee a "rejected. I'll cook up something I like better
>> later" =)

Regards,
V?ctor