[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2 0/3] Make fate tests succeed with zlib-ng

[Anton Khirnov]

Quoting Alexander Strasser via ffmpeg-devel (2024-12-01 21:13:56)
> This is a fixed up version of the series I sent before.
> 
> This worked for me on Ubuntu 20.04 but probably will break
> with older zlib versions as Hendrik pointed out in the
> previous thread. Either we must update zlib on affected
> FATE clients or add more .alt files to them as well.
> 
> We could also go the further the "no_file_checksums" as
> was demonstrated by James' series.
> 
> I still prefer this way because it's simpler and retains
> the value of the tests.

This seems like a hack to me.

We should not be testing for bitexact output from code that is not under
our control and does not guarantee bitexactness.

-- 
Anton Khirnov