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

[guenter geiger]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> ? what is the use of the libavifile-packages if using it as a dependency
> is considered a bug ?
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> this should probably go to the debian-packaging-system: wouldn't it be a
> great idea to have *optional* build-depends.

actually there is a way to do that, and I am thinking about implementing
it. One minor problem I have with libavifile7 on Debian is that it has
like 5 bugs open that keep it from entering into testing. This will keep
gem from doing so too.
Well, maybe I just compile against the old one libavifile6

Guenter

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> as for libquicktime i have submitted a bugreport...
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> mfg.a.sdr
> IOhannes
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