[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Fix for --enable-gif bug (bugzilla bug #31)

[Joey Parrish]

On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 09:43:37PM -0400, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 03:02:37AM +0200, Ivo wrote:
> > I propose the following patch. Without the patch, ./configure--enable-gif 
> > never tries to detect which library to use, never sets HAVE_GIF_4 and never 
> > sets _ld_gif. This patch does the same as configure does for --enable-dga.

> i can tell you right away this won't get accepted, because it violates
> mplayer policy. --enable is always supposed to force-enable, not do
> auto-detection... not my rule, and i know sometime's it's quirky, but
> i still think it makes more sense than autoconf's way.

I'm not against it personally, but it is against policy.  I propose that
as an alternate solution, you send me weekly private email telling me to
get around to fixing the configure checks correctly.  :)

--Joey

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