Bootstrapping libav on a new architecture

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 12-06-19 at 09:59am, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Am 19.06.2012 09:46, schrieb Reinhard Tartler:
> >Currently, libx264 and gpac use that, but opencv only in ubuntu (I 
> >need it there because all of those are not in main, and I want to 
> >keep the differences minimal). I'll switch opencv as well in the next 
> >upload.
> 
> Maybe we should leave a note in README.Debian or README.source stating 
> that there are known circular build-dependencies that complicate 
> bootstrapping, but that the affected codecs are strictly optional to 
> libav and the circles could get forced open by simply leaving them out 
> of libav's Build-Depends.

I agree it would be nice to mention that - but more importantly is the 
trick of using dpkg-buildpackage flags -d and -b.

README.source is the proper place: its purpose is exactly to document 
unusual stuff related to _building_ packages (it is irrelevant for the 
_users_ of the package).

What would be even better is to add a hint to control file which exact 
packages can be skipped to generate a crippled-but-usable-for-rebuild 
package.  I forgot what that hint is called or its syntax (even if I was 
at the meeting in Cambridge when its name was decided): Try ask at 
emdebian or search the wiki for it.


Regards,

 - Jonas

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