[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Handle BUILDSUF appropriately for non-posix systems

[Diego Biurrun]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 03:42:48AM -0300, Ramiro Polla wrote:
> Fran?ois Revol wrote:
> >>
> >> Diego Biurrun said:
> >>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:49:32PM -0300, Ramiro Polla wrote:
> >>>> ./configure --build-suffix=-mingw
> >>>> yields files named like avutil-49-mingw.dll
> >>>>
> >>>> Attached patch names it avutil-mingw-49.dll
> >>> I like this patch in principle, but I'm sceptical regarding the
> >>> usefulness of the BUILDSUF feature.  Does anybody use it?  What 
> >>> for?  Is
> >>> this some standard thing that people are used to from auto*?
> >> I use it to tag my own builds and distingish my ffmpeg exes/dlls from 
> >> the ones that available from Cygwin Ports.
> >> I also tag my static builds with --build-suffix=-static
> > 
> > I originally added this to build libs for the FFDecoder plugin for 
> > BeOS, so that upgrading ffmpeg itself wouldn't break the plugin.
> > I'd use .for_ffdecoder or something.
> 
> I find it useful too. I have lots of different revisions laying around 
> (-rxxxx). It's good for finding regressions. Some with different gcc 
> versions (-4.2.1 or -3.4.6). And some on stuff I started working on so 
> that I don't forget I'm supposed to finish them (like -siren, 
> -libavgrab... =)

Oh, you definitely have to finish those :)

Which Siren do you mean?

http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Siren
http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Vivo_Siren

> I'll send an updated patch later.

The patch is OK, update it and apply right away.

Diego