[FFmpeg-devel] usage of Requires.private in *.pc files

[Uoti Urpala]

On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 12:19 +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com> writes:
> 
> > It was added by this commit:
> > http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commitdiff;h=ade08d49717a3c930f8394a55b8279837c21fb89
> >
> > The submitter of that patch was quite adamant this was the One True Way,
> > quoting the very same bit of scripture as you to prove it.  Discussion
> > here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/67866
> 
> Both the commit and the discussion you quote do not touch to topic of
> using the field Requires, nor Requires.private.
> 
> They do however cover the fields Libs and Libs.private. That usage is
> correct AFAIUI.

I think M?ns referred to your comment about Libs.private seeming
pointless as currently used by FFmpeg. He probably misinterpreted that
to mean you disagreed with the submitter of the patch he mentioned about
the correct usage of Libs.private.