[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] libx264: Set min build version to 158

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 05:16:25PM +1100, Matt Oliver wrote:
> Was "[PATCH] libx264: Do not explicitly set X264_API_IMPORTS"
> 
> Setting X264_API_IMPORTS only affects msvc builds and it breaks linking to
> static builds (although is required for shared builds). This flag is set by
> x264 in its pkgconfig as required since build 158
> (a615f027ed172e2dd5380e736d487aa858a0c4ff) from July 2019. So this patch
> updates configure to require a newer x264 build that correctly sets the
> imports flag.
> 
> Alternatively we can detect the x264 build version in configure and keep
> the fallback of manually setting the flag on older x264 builds that arent
> using pkgconfig (to keep the old behaviour) but that requires some complex
> configure changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Oliver <protogonoi at gmail.com>
> ---
>  configure            | 8 +++-----
>  libavcodec/libx264.c | 4 ----
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

I think this would effectivly drop ubuntu LTS support which seem to
ship older versions

thx

[...]

-- 
Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

If the United States is serious about tackling the national security threats 
related to an insecure 5G network, it needs to rethink the extent to which it
values corporate profits and government espionage over security.-Bruce Schneier
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 195 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/attachments/20211229/e4870629/attachment.sig>