[Ffmpeg-devel] BUG: Unable to compile ffmpeg from svn

[The Wanderer]

Michael Niedermayer wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 01:00:05PM -0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:

>> If the check fails, it's because some feature the script requires
>> is not supported by your shell.
>> 
>> DO NOT DISABLE THE SHELL TEST.  IT'S THERE FOR A REASON.
> 
> we should change the error message to be more clear then, something
> like
> 
> no POSIX compatible shell found THIS IS NOT A BUG IN FFMPEG, DO NOT
> REPORT IT ON ANY FFMPEG RELATED PLACE instead install a working POSIX
> compatible shell, also DO NOT disable this test in configure it will
> create broken ffmpeg and you will be flamed to death if you report
> the resulting issues as bugs

Edited for capitalization/punctuation, with a couple of editorial
rephrasings to taste:

No POSIX-compatible shell found. Configuration cannot proceed.
THIS IS NOT A BUG IN FFMPEG. DO NOT REPORT IT IN ANY FFMPEG-RELATED
PLACE. Inatead, install a working POSIX-compatible shell.
Do not disable this test in configure; it will create a broken FFmpeg.
Do not report that brokenness as a bug; it will get you flamed to death
and back.

(In case it wasn't clear: I think a message like this is a good idea.)

(I had a hard time resisting several more creative expressions in that
last line, but discretion did win out in the end.)

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