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

[Ivan Kalvachev]

Joey Parrish said:
> 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.  :)

People don't be such fanatics.

--enable-gif DOESN"T WORK!!!

It is a bug and should be fixed.

If you are scared to apply the patch by yourself, I will do it.

Wish You Best
   Ivan Kalvachev
  iive