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Re: [Gnash-dev] ffmpeg version grokking
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Patrice Dumas |
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Re: [Gnash-dev] ffmpeg version grokking |
Date: |
Tue, 20 May 2008 21:02:31 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) |
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 02:51:05PM -0400, Russ Nelson wrote:
> The ffmpeg.m4 version grokking is madness (particularly since they
> changed it yet again). The best suggestion is given as "compile a
> test program to print the value of LIBAVCODEC_BUILD" but which then
> goes on to say "but when cross-compiling we cannot run a test
> program," which I don't understand. Don't we have access to a native
> compiler from inside configure? It sure looks to me like configure is
> running programs natively.
There is access to a compiler for the cross-compilation (and a linker),
but when cross-compiling no compiled program should be run (and can be
run).
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Pat