[SCM] gmerlin-avdecoder/master: Update copyright (still BSD-4 flaws to workout, though).

Burkhard Plaum plaum at ipf.uni-stuttgart.de
Thu Dec 9 17:35:56 UTC 2010


Hi,

Am 09.12.2010 18:20, schrieb IOhannes m zmoelnig:
[...]
> now that gmerlin seems to apporach the next release, this becomes an
> issue for use again.
>
> however, in an older email of mine i discovered:
>
>> - lib/os.c has the BSD-code moved away into lib/os_inet_aton.c (which
>> can be excluded by us)
>
> so we could just filter the lib/os_inet_aton.c out, patch the MakefileS
> to not build this file and be done
> (looking at the offending file it is totally protected by "ifndef
> HAVE_INET_ATON", and i think we can safely assume that we _do have_
> inet_aton, no?

Yes. The only System which needs that file is Windows I think and I doubt
you build packages for that one :)

> so i think we are approaching a solution....

If it's ok for you to simply patch inet_aton.c away in your tree, yes.

The ultimate solution would be a GPL replacement for inet_aton()
or a (portable!) way to get rid of it, but I'm not sure it's worth the
trouble.

Burkhard



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