[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] configure: add check for pkg-config return value

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Sunday 2011-03-06 14:24:44 +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd encoded:
> Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> writes:
> 
> > On date Sunday 2011-03-06 13:21:20 +0100, Diego Elio Petten? encoded:
> >> Il giorno dom, 06/03/2011 alle 13.15 +0100, Stefano Sabatini ha scritto:
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > > however temporary, to work around your broken system.
> >> > 
> >> > as I already told, this is a limitation of pkg-config, anyway here the
> >> > problem is not philosophical but practical, this is an error which in
> >> > practice will happen, preventing the error it's going to save
> >> > headaches and bug-reports. 
> >> 
> >> Uhm Stefano, your system _is_ broken, you need libssl-dev installed.
> >> That's a dependency of librtmp... the fact that you can get into such a
> >> situation and come up "good" doesn't stop the fact that you lack a
> >> package.
> >
> > My system is broken, but in a way which can be detected by pkg-config,
> > having an additional check, even if unnecessary for the optimal case,
> > makes the system more robust.
> 
> Please try out the patches I sent a few minutes ago.

$ configure.my 
Package libssl was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libssl.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'libssl', required by 'librtmp', not found
Package libssl was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libssl.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'libssl', required by 'librtmp', not found
ERROR: librtmp not found

Works for me, so patch dropped, thanks.
Maybe we could avoid the repeated message, but this is a minor issue.
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