[FFmpeg-devel] Need help submitting a patch

[Andreas Rheinhardt]

Traian Coza:
> Thanks. I'll use the ffstaging/FFmpeg repo. I didn't know about that, it
> seems much simpler. I've tried using -n (n= number of commits), but it only
> generates n emails, I only want 1.
> 
> I have another concern before I create a pull request. I ran 'make fate'
> like it says on the website for regression testing, and I got the following
> error:
> 
> TEST    source
> --- ./tests/ref/fate/source 2022-05-02 12:57:02.707487436 -0400
> +++ tests/data/fate/source 2022-05-03 09:22:31.302681114 -0400
> @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
>  libavcodec/interplayacm.c
>  libavcodec/log2_tab.c
>  libavcodec/reverse.c
> +libavcodec/text_to_bitmap.c
> +libavcodec/text_to_bitmap.h
>  libavdevice/file_open.c
>  libavdevice/reverse.c
>  libavfilter/af_arnndn.c
> @@ -20,6 +22,7 @@
>  compat/djgpp/math.h
>  compat/float/float.h
>  compat/float/limits.h
> +libavcodec/text_to_bitmap.h
>  tools/decode_simple.h
>  Use of av_clip() where av_clip_uintp2() could be used:
>  Use of av_clip() where av_clip_intp2() could be used:
> Test source failed. Look at tests/data/fate/source.err for details.
> 
> The source.err file seems to be empty, however. Should I be concerned about
> this? It seems to do with the fact that I've added some files.

This means that your newly added headers use nonstandard inclusion
guards (if they use inclusion guards at all). Look at
tests/fate/source-check.sh to see how the inclusion guard should be.

- Andreas