[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Use pkg-config for x264

[Vitor Sessak]

Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 2:45 PM,  <pross at xvid.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:28:16PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>>> You could also set C_INCLUDE_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH and be done with
>>> it, no change needed.
>> Agree. Also how does the pkg-config magic determine which target arch/os
>> you are compiling to?
> 
> I don't know why that would be needed.

For cross-compiling I suppose.

> Anyway, what makes libdirac and libschroedinger different so that they
> use pkg-config?

The short story: it is the _only_ sane way of linking against them. The 
long story: this thread 
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2008-May/047043.html .

-Vitor