[FFmpeg-cvslog] r22686 - trunk/doc/general.texi

[diego]

Author: diego
Date: Fri Mar 26 01:37:32 2010
New Revision: 22686

Log:
Add FreeBSD subsection with compilation instructions.

Modified:
   trunk/doc/general.texi

Modified: trunk/doc/general.texi
==============================================================================
--- trunk/doc/general.texi	Thu Mar 25 23:52:50 2010	(r22685)
+++ trunk/doc/general.texi	Fri Mar 26 01:37:32 2010	(r22686)
@@ -720,6 +720,14 @@ performance on systems without hardware 
 BSD make will not build FFmpeg, you need to install and use GNU Make
 (@file{gmake}).
 
+ at subsection FreeBSD
+
+FreeBSD will not compile out-of-the-box due to broken system headers.
+Passing @code{--extra-cflags=-D__BSD_VISIBLE} to configure will work
+around the problem. This may have unexpected sideeffects, so use it at
+your own risk. If you care about FreeBSD, please make an attempt at
+getting the system headers fixed.
+
 @section Windows
 
 To get help and instructions for building FFmpeg under Windows, check out