[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] configure LIVE autodetection

Diego Biurrun diego at biurrun.de
Thu Aug 5 01:57:25 CEST 2004


Torinthiel writes:
> On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 12:42:24AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > 
> > In principle moving this test here is a great idea, configure should
> > detect if it is the correct library version, compilation breaking
> > every once in a while because the lib is outdated is annoying.  But
> > LIVE.COM is a bit special in that it does not usually get installed in
> > standard locations, so you have to use the --with-livelibdir option.
> > This option sets live=yes, though, so the test is never run...
> 
> So? Why not remove _live change from --with-livelibdir processing? This
> way user can still force his own opinion (passing --enable-live and
> --with-livelibdir) but if he only passes --with-livelibdir then we check
> if the version is correct.

Yes, I just noticed that most but not all --with-XXX options set
_XXX=yes.  Ah, consistency...

> And while we're at it- if this gets applied should we also remove test
> from demux_rtp_internal.h?

IMO yes.

> Or leave double test in case somebody forces
> live with wrong version?

If a user forces something that is his problem.

Diego




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