Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 20525:d598cd751a00
Explain the risks of forcing options with --enable-* in a way that is
hopefully less conducive to misunderstandings.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:28:44 +0000 |
| parents | 655565aafbe4 |
| children | d61a365dbe87 |
| files | configure |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/configure Mon Oct 30 21:25:02 2006 +0000 +++ b/configure Mon Oct 30 21:28:44 2006 +0000 @@ -8469,11 +8469,17 @@ cat <<EOF - -Check $TMPLOG if you wonder why an autodetection failed (check whether -the development headers/packages are installed). -Do not report compilation errors if you used any of the --enable-* options -(except --enable-gui and maybe --enable-debug). +Check $TMPLOG if you wonder why an autodetection failed (make sure +development headers/packages are installed). + +NOTE: The --enable-* parameters unconditionally force options on, completely +skipping autodetection. This behavior is unlike what you may be used to from +autoconf-based configure scripts that can decide to override you. This greater +level of control comes at a price. You may have to provide the correct compiler +and linker flags yourself. +If you used one of these options (except --enable-gui and similar ones that +turn on internal features) and experience a compilation or linking failure, +make sure you have passed the necessary compiler/linker flags to configure. If you suspect a bug, please read DOCS/HTML/$_doc_lang/bugreports.html.