[Buildroot] [PATCH 6/9] gst-ffmpeg: depend on orc if it is enabled

Sven Neumann s.neumann at raumfeld.com
Thu Jul 7 13:17:58 UTC 2011


On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 10:43 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello Sven,
> 
> Le Thu,  7 Jul 2011 09:39:05 +0200,
> Sven Neumann <s.neumann at raumfeld.com> a écrit :
> 
> > -GST_FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES = gstreamer gst-plugins-base ffmpeg
> > -GST_FFMPEG_CONF_OPT = --with-system-ffmpeg
> 
> This patch does two things: depend on orc if it is enabled (as stated
> by the commit title), but it also switches gst-ffmpeg from the system
> ffmpeg to (apparently) an internal ffmpeg. Besides the fact that those
> two things should be done in two separate patches, could you elaborate
> on the reason why you switch from the system ffmpeg to the internal
> ffmpeg ? In general, in most Buildroot packages, we prefer to use
> external libraries, and they might also be used by other components in
> the system.

Oops, I should have indeed split this into two patches. And I would
probably only have submitted the orc dependency. The switch to the
internal ffmpeg is a good choice for us, but might not be desirable for
others. Ideally there would be a br2 configuration option for this.


Sven




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