On Thursday 10 July 2014 16:39:17 Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> I finally got around to this and it worked fine.  Thanks Ragnar.
> 
> Now, how to add it to the book?  AFAICT, there is only the github
> version.  I can download a .zip file from there, but I'm sure the md5sum
> will change.  I can create a tar.xz version on anduin easily enough.
> The last change was
> It uses cmake -- the only driver for xorg that does.  Probably not a big
> deal.  But it seems to want to install in /usr/local even if
> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/xorg is specified.  I can investigate that
> later.  It only installs libvdpau_va_gl.so{,.1} anyway so a simple cp
> would work for that.
> 
> mkdir build
> cd build
> cmake ..
> make
> make check
> cp -av libvdpau_va_gl $XORG_PREFIX/lib/vdpau/

I install in /usr, and -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr works fine for me.

> There are two issues:
> 
> 1.  Where to put it?  I can just add it to the libvdpau section or I can
> create a separate section.  I lean toward the libvdpau section.

Well, it is a backend for vdpau, so I would put it in video acceleration 
section.

> 2.  Should I create a separate tarball?  The last change was June 17, so
> it is being updated.  I lean toward just presenting the url and adding a
> note about changing md5sums.

There are releases on the github page (click on releases button). The latest 
one being:
https://github.com/i-rinat/libvdpau-va-gl/archive/v0.3.4.tar.gz

Sincerely,
Ragnar
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