[FFmpeg-devel] [patch] allow build env to force sdl-config path via $SDL_CONFIG

[Mike Frysinger]

On Feb 16, 2008 12:56 PM, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 04:30:29PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 03:58:57PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 03:56:25PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:30:58PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > > ive looked through the latest version of configure in svn trunk and it
> > > > > is certainly much tighter than the last time i looked.  most of the
> > > > > behavior i had to patch around has been replaced with
> > > > > traditional/expected behavior.  which is to say the current result
> > > > > mimics a standard autoconf script fairly well.
> > > >
> > > > Great, so we have managed to be as good as auto* without all the gripes.
> > > > Case closed.
> > >
> > > I'll also have to note that autotools is clearly on the way out in a lot
> > > of places, KDE being the last high profile case I remember.
> >
> > Really? That would be great news if they replace it by something better,
> > KDE caused the most compilation problems for me ever, most often due to broken
> > auto* scripts...
>
> They switched to cmake IIRC.

they did.  too bad cmake lacks core functionality that autotools takes
for granted (like cross-compiling).
-mike