[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Remove special install path for MinGW.

Ramiro Polla angustia
Wed Dec 6 15:31:58 CET 2006


Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 08:51:11PM -0200, Ramiro Polla wrote:
>   
>> Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:54:29PM -0200, Ramiro Polla wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> So what is a sensible default prefix for MinGW?
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>> My intention with this patch is that it shouldn't use any special prefix 
>>>> for MinGW. It should use the default like all other libs do. /usr/local 
>>>> is fine.
>>>>         
>>> I'm not opposed to applying this, but I was under the impression that
>>> MinGW does not really expect programs to be installed under Unix-like
>>> paths.  If I am mistaken then I'll gladly remove this special-casing.
>>>       
>> None of the libs I've come accross (used in FFmpeg) do this. And they're 
>> not supposed to anyways.
>>     
>
> OK, patch applied.  Let's see if anybody complains.
>   
Thanks. I'll update the FAQ and docs in a while.

Ramiro Polla




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