[GEM-dev] Re: [PD] Gem compile problems

guenter geiger geiger at xdv.org
Mon Jul 26 13:16:42 CEST 2004


On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> > If you are not happy with the precompiled version (it doesn't have
> > avi support, because libavifile is not cross platform) let me
>
> this is something i don't quite understand.
> libavifile is not cross-platform. ok.
> the gem-sources are. ok.
> the gem-binaries are not. is there no possibility to add platform
> specific depends ?
> looking at packages.debian.org i noticed that - for instance -  gem
> depends on libc6.1 for alpha/ia64 and libc6 for other architectures.
> so i guess it would be possible to have a (build-)depend for libavifile
> on i386 only.
> (this would especially be useful, as i have noticed major problems with
> libquicktime: a) arbitrarily freezes on 2.6-systems; b) wrong
> build-configuration does not detect the plugin-path)

I think it is not a good idea to work around bugs or problems in other
packages. What should be fixed (or ported to other architectures in the
case of libavifile) are the broken packages.

Anyhow, I am going to think about a solution how to have libavifile
support at least under i386.

Guenter

>
> mfg.a.sdr
> IOhannes
>
>
> > know. I will do my best to make good packages. As long as noboy complains
> > I assume the packages are working perfectly.
>





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